Never buy jarred tomato sauce again! This easy recipe comes together quickly thanks to a base of canned tomatoes. It’s perfect tossed with pasta and sprinkled with a little parmesan cheese, spread onto pizza, or as a dipping sauce to arancini or mozzarella sticks.
Recipe & Photo by Maren Ellingboe
Ingredients
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 yellow onion, chopped
- 5 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 28-oz cans crushed tomatoes (or 3 lbs fresh tomatoes)
- ½ c chopped packed fresh basil
- 1 Tbsp chopped fresh oregano or 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1 Tbsp kosher salt
- 2 Tbsp butter
- 1 tsp ground pepper
Instructions
- Heat the olive oil in a large skillet or Dutch oven over low heat. Add onion and cook until translucent and beginning to brown, 5 to 8 minutes. Then, add garlic and cook 2 minutes more.
- Add tomatoes, basil, oregano, and salt and pepper. Bring to a simmer and cook over low heat until flavors have blended about 30 minutes. Stir in butter.
- If you prefer a smooth tomato sauce, puree using an immersion blender, or in batches with a blender. For a chunkier tomato sauce, serve as-is.
Tomato Sauce Notes and Variations
- If you’ve got fresh tomatoes from your garden, the farmers market, or Imperfect, you can absolutely use those instead of canned tomatoes. This recipe calls for about 3 pounds of tomatoes, as a reference.
- This tomato sauce freezes beautifully, so make a big batch and freeze for future weeknight meals like this Impossible Spaghetti and Meatballs.
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