Easy Homemade Tomato Sauce
Making delicious homemade tomato sauce is easy! It takes 20 minutes to make and only 5 ingredients. The uses for homemade tomato sauce are infinite!
Servings: 3 cups
Ingredients
- 28 ounce can good-quality whole peeled tomatoes
- 1 small sweet onion like a Vidalia onion
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tablespoons butter
- Handful grated parmesan cheese or parmigiano-reggiano
- Salt to taste
- Basil optional (torn to finish)
Instructions
- Grate onion using the coarse setting of a cheese grater. Add the grated onion and its juices into a pot. Add olive oil. Sweat onion over medium heat for 2-3 minutes.
- Add tomatoes and crush to desired consistency with a potato masher. Salt to taste.
- Heat sauce for just a few minutes over medium heat, until simmering. Stir often.
- Remove pot from heat. Add butter and swirl in until melted. Add a handful of cheese and basil. Stir again. Serve!
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Notes
- Use the homemade sauce on: pasta, lasagna, pizza, calzones, chicken parmesan, veggie noodles, stuffed peppers, meatballs, etc.!
- You can add a handful of fresh basil to your sauce when you swirl in the butter, if desired! See the above post for more variations and additions.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cup | Calories: 300kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 10g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 35mg | Sodium: 739mg | Potassium: 662mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 688IU | Vitamin C: 30mg | Calcium: 254mg | Iron: 3mg