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Simple Tomato Sauce For Pasta

14 March 2023

ingredients

500 g skinned sauce tomatoes  / bottled / tinned tomatoes

1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil

1 clove garlic - whole, unpeeled

1 teaspoon dried oregano or a sprig of fresh basil or oregano

Salt and Pepper to season

equipment

Chopping Board and Kitchen Knife

Heavy based pan

Wooden Spoon

METHOD

1. Place the whole garlic cloves and oregano and olive oil in a pan over medium heat.

Heat gently until the garlic colours and becomes aromatic.

Turn up the heat and add the tomatoes - they will spit as they hit the hot oil so stand back and try and get as many in at once to quickly reduce the temperature of the oil.

Stir occassionally - cooking over high heat until the tomatoes are broken down and amalgamated with the oil..
Taste and season with salt and pepper.

Reduce the heat to a simmer and stirring occassionally - reduce the sauce so it is rich and thick 

Taste and season again.

2. To dress spaghetti or other pasta with the sauce:

Cook the pasta in boiling salted water in a pot beside the pan the sauce is cooking or heating in.

Transfer the cooked pasta from the water with tongs, directly into the sauce. Toss the pasta well to thoroughly coat each strand of pasta with the sauce.

Serve immediately with Parmesan Cheese

source

Recipe by Elizabeth Peddey