🍅 Homemade Rustic Tomato Sauce
Every kitchen benefits from a simple go-to tomato sauce, and this is mine. It takes just a couple of minutes to prepare and creates a rich, smooth sauce that can be used in countless recipes. Whether you're making lasagne, cottage pie, chilli con carne, meatballs, spaghetti bolognaise or something entirely different, this sauce provides a fantastic starting point.
The beauty of this recipe is its simplicity. Everything goes into the blender and within minutes you have a versatile sauce ready to be used straight away or stored for later.
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🛒 Ingredients
- 2 tins chopped tomatoes
- Tomato purée
- Dried oregano
- Crushed chillies
- Paprika
- Onion powder
- Olive oil
- Sugar
- Salt and black pepper to taste
👨🍳 Method
- Add the chopped tomatoes to your blender.
- Add the tomato purée, oregano, crushed chillies, paprika, onion powder, olive oil and sugar.
- Season to taste.
- Blend using the Ninja IQ blender until smooth.
- Your tomato sauce is now ready to use in your chosen recipe.
💡 Rustic Tips
- Herbs and spices can be adjusted entirely to your taste.
- For lasagne, try adding garlic and cooked chopped onions.
- For cottage pie, you may prefer to reduce or remove the crushed chillies.
- The sauce can be made in larger batches and stored for later use.
- A little extra tomato purée can create a richer flavour if desired.
- Adding a pinch of sugar helps balance the acidity of the tomatoes.
🍽️ Serving Suggestion
This versatile sauce works beautifully in lasagne, chilli con carne, cottage pie, spaghetti bolognaise, meatballs and many other dishes.
One of the things I love most about this recipe is that there really are no rules. The herbs, spices and seasonings can be adjusted depending on what you're cooking. You might want extra garlic for a lasagne, additional herbs for a pasta dish or less chilli for a family meal. That's the beauty of kitchen basics like this. Once you understand the foundation, you can adapt it to suit almost any recipe.
This sauce is a perfect example of how a few simple ingredients can become the base for countless meals. Rather than making a different sauce for every dish, one good homemade tomato sauce can take you from lasagne to meatballs and from cottage pie to chilli with just a few small adjustments.
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