Sauces & Spreads
Vegetarian

All-Purpose Tomato Sauce

Name: All-Purpose Tomato Sauce
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 3 cups of sauce
Ingredients: 4½ lb Roma tomatoes (or 4 canned tomatoes, 14 oz each); 1¼ cups Extra-virgin olive oil (or 5 oz butter); 2 Medium onions, peeled and halved; 2 tsp Salt; ¼ tsp Coarsely ground black pepper

This is my basic tomato sauce, made from fresh or canned tomatoes with olive oil and onion, simmered slowly until it thickens. It goes with almost anything.

Prep20 min
Cook40 min
Total1 hr
Makes3 cups of sauce
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What you need

Amount:3

4½ lb Roma tomatoes, or 4 canned tomatoes, 14 oz each
1¼ cups Extra-virgin olive oil, or 5 oz butter
2 Medium onions, peeled and halved
2 tsp Salt
¼ tsp Coarsely ground black pepper

How I make it

If using Roma tomatoes, bring water to a boil in a pot and cut an X in the top of each tomato.
Boil the tomatoes for about 1 minute, lift them out with a slotted spoon, and peel them; the skins come off easily. Scoop out the seeds.
If using canned tomatoes, cut them in half and scoop out the seeds with a teaspoon.
Chop the tomatoes finely and put them in a pot. Add the oil (or butter), onion, salt, and pepper.
Cook over low heat at a gentle simmer for 20 to 40 minutes, until the sauce is thick.
Remove the onion and discard it. Let the sauce cool.
For a more delicate sauce, blend a little of it right in the pot with an immersion blender for a smoother texture.

What I've learned

The onion only flavors the sauce. Once the sauce is ready, it has done its job, and I throw it away.

Source: ChefEf (chefef.com)