In the culinary realm, pasta sauce reigns supreme, tantalizing taste buds with its versatility and ability to transform ordinary meals into culinary masterpieces. Whether you prefer a traditional tomato-based sauce, a creamy pesto, a hearty Bolognese, or a light and refreshing pesto, the right pasta sauce can elevate even the simplest dish into an unforgettable dining experience. This article delves into the world of pasta sauces, guiding you through the essential elements of a great sauce, exploring various types and flavors, and providing tips and tricks to help you craft the perfect sauce for your next culinary creation.
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30 BEST HOMEMADE PASTA SAUCES
These pasta sauce recipes are easy, healthy, and so good! From marinara to bolognese to pesto, there are so many delicious sauces to try.
Provided by insanelygood
Categories Recipe Roundup
Number Of Ingredients 30
Steps:
- Select your favorite recipe.
- Organize all the required ingredients.
- Prep a pasta sauce in 30 minutes or less!
Nutrition Facts :
BEST EVER SPAGHETTI SAUCE
This is my favorite spaghetti sauce recipe. It comes from a freezer cookbook called Once a Month Cooking. This makes alot so plan on freezing about half of the recipe. You can use this sauce on spaghetti, manicotti, veal (or chicken) scallopini, or French bread pizza
Provided by AngelicFantasia
Categories Sauces
Time 2h15m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Brown the sausage with the onion and drain.
- Add the rest of the ingredients and simmer, partly covered, for 2 hours.
- Simmering can be done in a crockpot, if desired.
- This makes alot of sauce and can be frozen beautifully.
HOMEMADE ITALIAN SPAGHETTI SAUCE RECIPE
Here is my family spaghetti sauce recipe passed down from my grandmother in Italy - it is the best one you will ever cook - don't trust me - try it!
Provided by Lauren Cobello
Time 3h20m
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Heat the olive oil in a 5+ qt. pot over medium heat, and add the onion.
- Saute for 10 minutes or so, stirring often and being careful not to burn it.
- Add the chopped or pressed garlic.
- Heat for another one to two minutes, making sure not to burn the garlic, then add all the tomatoes, salt, black pepper, basil, and sugar. Stirring often, bring to a low boil.
- Reduce heat to low and simmer for 2-3 hours stirring often.
- For the first half of the simmer time, do so with the pot uncovered, then cover.
- Add the cheese, stir in and simmer for an additional 5 minutes or so.
- This will make the equivalent of 4-5 jars of sauce, and the cost is probably about half (and it tastes way better).
PASTA SAUCE #1
This is the best pasta sauce you will ever have. I guarantee it. It is not to sweet, not to spicy, not to acidic. It's just darn good!
Provided by MizEmerilLagasse
Categories Sauces
Time 1h5m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- On your cutting board, chop and smash the garlic into a paste with the salt.
- Heat a large saucepan with the oil in it over medium-high heat.
- Add the onions and garlic to the pan and cook for about 8 minutes or until the onions are all brown.
- Add the chicken broth to the pan and scrape the bottom to get all the"flavor" bits off of it.
- Crush the tomatoes into the pan using your hand (it's a little gross, but it will give the sauce texture like you've never seen).
- Add the tomato paste and all of the seasonings except the parsley and basil.
- Stir to combined.
- Bring to a soft boil, turn the heat to low, and cover.
- Let it simmer for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, stir occasionally.
- Add the parsley and basil.
- Serve over pasta, rice, pizza, anything.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 175.3, Fat 10.8, SaturatedFat 1.5, Cholesterol 0.1, Sodium 900.4, Carbohydrate 19.1, Fiber 4.5, Sugar 11.9, Protein 4
THE BEST PASTA SAUCE EVER!
This is actually the sauce used in Tyler Florence's "Eggplant Parmesan" recipe. I had extra sauce left over from the dish so I packaged it up and gave it to my best friend as part of her Christmas gift. She said it was, "Fabulous!" and I haven't bought a jarred sauce since!
Provided by rickoholic83
Categories Sauces
Time 35m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Put a large saucepan over medium heat and add the olive oil.
- Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute.
- Add the olives, red pepper flakes and capers. Let cook for 2 minutes, stirring often.
- Toss in the tomatoes with their juices and bring to a low simmer.
- Stir in the basil and season with salt and pepper. Simmer for 20 minutes. (The longer you let it simmer the better it is!) Remove from heat and let it cool.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 204.3, Fat 14.9, SaturatedFat 2, Sodium 890.5, Carbohydrate 18.9, Fiber 4.7, Sugar 9.8, Protein 2.5
MOM'S BEST SPAGHETTI SAUCE
A simple, slow cooked, authentic spaghetti sauce, as good as the restaurants serve...or better! The secret ingredient is baking soda, but do not taste the sauce right after adding it. Wait a while, and this sauce will not disappoint you. It is good right from the stove, but the flavors blend overnight. Best served with your favorite meatball recipe, where the meatballs cook in the sauce the last half hour. Be prepared to take a nap after eating.
Provided by KRAZYBARB
Categories Side Dish Sauces and Condiments Recipes Sauce Recipes Pasta Sauce Recipes Tomato
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Mix together whole tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, water, mushrooms, onions, garlic, sugar, salt and pepper, basil, and 1 pinch of baking soda in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring. Reduce to a simmer, and cook for 4 hours minimum.
- Stir in another pinch of baking soda; the sauce will foam. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until thick and almost brown. Make sure to scrape the sides of the pan in to the sauce.
- After the sauce is fork consistency, stir in Parmesan cheese. Watch that the cheese does not burn. Taste sauce. If it is too tangy or acidic, add another pinch of baking soda and simmer another 1/2 hour.
- Cool, cover, and refrigerate overnight. The next day, reheat and serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 169.5 calories, Carbohydrate 36.3 g, Cholesterol 2.2 mg, Fat 1.7 g, Fiber 7.9 g, Protein 9.1 g, SaturatedFat 0.6 g, Sodium 1624.4 mg, Sugar 23.2 g
THE BEST HOMEMADE SPAGHETTI SAUCE EVER. PERIOD.
When I found my Taste of Home magazine in my mailbox, I was excited to try this slow cooker recipe for "Stamp of Approval Spaghetti Sauce" Orginally submitted by Melissa Taylor of Higley AZ. This sauce is the best stuff I have ever tasted- there is no comparison in taste between store bought and this! Everyone that I made it for, my hubby, son, sister, mom and dad loved it and I (shamefully) ate 2 bowls full of plain sauce before serving! Just try it. Notice- It makes a BIG crock pot full of sauce!
Provided by Amanda
Categories Sauces
Time 8h30m
Yield 12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- In a Dutch oven. cook the beef, sausage, onions and garlic over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain.
- Transfer to a 5-qt slow cooker.
- Stir in the tomatoes, tomato paste, water, sugar, Worcestershire sauce, oil and seasonings.
- Cover and cook on low for 8 hours or until bubbly.
- Discard bay leaves.
- Serve with Spaghetti.
BEST SPAGHETTI SAUCE RECIPE EVER!
Steps:
- Sauté meat, onions, and garlic in a large sauce pan over medium heat until meat is browned.
- Add all other ingredients to the sauce pan. Mix Together.
- Bring the sauce to a bubble and let simmer for a couple hours, stir periodically.
AUTHENTIC (QUICK) ITALIAN TOMATO SAUCE FOR PASTA
NOTE: To enjoy with pasta as soon as the sauce is ready, put a large pot of salted water on the cooktop over high heat and cook the pasta (I prefer De Cecco) as directed (if you are using egg or a very quick cooking pasta, do this about half-way through these directions).
Provided by Christina Conte
Categories Main Courses
Time 15m
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Pour the oil into a large saute pan (not a deep pot) over medium high heat. Crush the garlic and add it to the oil (if you want a spicy sauce, you can add some hot pepper, fresh or flakes, at this point). Saute the garlic until it just starts to brown, then add the parsley.
- Turn the heat up to high. Now add the tomatoes, and quickly cover with the lid for about 30 seconds, until the squirting subsides. Stir with a wooden spoon and lower the heat a little. It is important that this sauce is cooked at a fast simmer, as it is cooked briefly.
- Add the salt and continue to simmer at a fast pace, and stir often.
- The sauce will thicken quickly, so do not overcook it, and have it become too thick; about 5 to 7 minutes should be sufficient.
- Taste the sauce, if it doesn't taste delicious, it probably just needs a little more salt. Turn off the heat and add the fresh basil (I tear mine into pieces). Also, unless absolutely necessary, do not wash your basil. Wipe it with a damp paper towel instead, so the water doesn't ruin the flavor and aroma.
- Add sauce to the drained pasta (save some pasta water to add back into the pasta in case it's too dry), and enjoy immediately with some freshly grated authentic Parmigiano Reggiano cheese and/or pepper.
- Also, if you've been plating pasta in a bowl, then topping it with sauce, this is American-style. If you want to serve it the way they do in Italy, mix the sauce in and then plate it.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 135 calories, Carbohydrate 8 grams carbohydrates, Cholesterol 1 milligrams cholesterol, Fat 12 grams fat, Fiber 3 grams fiber, Protein 2 grams protein, SaturatedFat 2 grams saturated fat, ServingSize 4, Sodium 498 milligrams sodium, Sugar 4 grams sugar, TransFat 0 grams trans fat, UnsaturatedFat 9 grams unsaturated fat
WORLD'S BEST PASTA SAUCE!
Well, my Lasagna has become quite popular, and I think the sauce from that makes amazing meat sauce as well. So I thought I would post it by its self.
Provided by John Chandler
Categories Side Dish Sauces and Condiments Recipes Sauce Recipes Pasta Sauce Recipes Tomato
Time 1h45m
Yield 16
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- In a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat, cook the sausage, beef, onion, and garlic until well browned; drain fat. Stir in crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, tomato sauce, and water. Mix in sugar and season with basil, fennel seed, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 157.4 calories, Carbohydrate 11.9 g, Cholesterol 24 mg, Fat 8.6 g, Fiber 2.3 g, Protein 9.6 g, SaturatedFat 3.1 g, Sodium 672.8 mg, Sugar 5.4 g
Tips:
- Use high-quality ingredients: For the best-tasting sauce, use fresh, ripe tomatoes, good olive oil, and fresh herbs.
- Don't overcrowd the pan: When cooking the vegetables for the sauce, don't overcrowd the pan. This will prevent them from cooking evenly.
- Simmer the sauce for at least 30 minutes: This will allow the flavors to meld and develop.
- Taste the sauce and adjust the seasonings as needed: Each person's taste is different, so be sure to taste the sauce and adjust the seasonings to your liking.
- Serve the sauce over your favorite pasta: Pasta is the classic choice for pasta sauce, but you can also serve it over other dishes, such as grilled chicken or fish.
Conclusion:
With so many different recipes to choose from, there's sure to be a pasta sauce that everyone will enjoy. Whether you prefer a simple tomato sauce or a more complex sauce with meat and vegetables, you're sure to find a recipe that you love. So next time you're looking for a delicious and easy meal, give one of these pasta sauce recipes a try.
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