Best 20 Easy Pasta Sauce Recipes

EASY PASTA WITH TUNA AND TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add penne and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 11 minutes.
• Empty tuna into a bowl and mash with a fork while pasta is cooking. Mix with 2 tablespoons olive oil, basil, lemon juice, lemon zest, salt, and pepper.
• Heat the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large skillet and fry the anchovies for 3 minutes. Add capers and garlic; cook, stirring constantly, for an additional 3 minutes. Add tuna mixture and tomatoes; simmer sauce for about 5 minutes.
• Drain pasta and add to the sauce. Mix well. Stir in parsley before serving.

EASY RED PASTA SAUCE

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan over low heat, warm oil and saute garlic; heat through until the garlic turns translucent, not brown. Add onion and cook over low heat until translucent; 5 to 10 minutes.
• Add parsley, basil and ground black pepper; stir. Add tomatoes and cover; raise heat to medium and bring to a strong simmer. Lower heat and add red pepper flakes. Cover saucepan and cook for 25 to 35 minutes.
• The sauce can be run in the food processor for 2 to 3 seconds to achieve a more uniform sauce or let the sauce cook over medium-low heat uncovered for 10 minutes or until it thickens.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 6 to 8 minutes or until al dente; drain and serve with sauce.

EASY HOMEMADE PASTA SAUCE

Steps:

• In a skillet, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add onion and sauté until soft. Add garlic and cook for another minute.
• Stir in tomato products, oregano, rosemary, crushed red pepper, salt and pepper. Taste sauce and if desired, add sugar. Bring to a low boil, then reduce heat and simmer for about 10 minutes, until it is thickened up a bit. Use as desired.

QUICK & EASY MUSHROOM CREAM SAUCE WITH PASTA

Steps:

• Set water for cooking pasta on to boil. Cook pasta for time indicated on box, drain.
• While boiling water and cooking pasta, bring olive oil to heat over medium high in sauce pan.
• Add in onion, sautee for 5 minutes or until soft, add in garlic and continue to sautee for 2 more minutes.
• Stir in sour cream, can of soup, broth (or wine), worchestershire and pepper, stir until smooth. Reduce heat to medium and bring to simmer.
• When sauce is thickened to your liking, stir in parmesan cheese then combine with the cooked, drained pasta.

EASY VEGAN PASTA SAUCE

Steps:

• In a skillet over medium-low heat, saute onion and garlic in the vegetable oil. Place tomatoes into onion and garlic mixture. Stir in diced bell pepper, salt, pepper, basil and oregano. Let simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Turn down heat if it starts to stick.

EASY MAKE-AHEAD PASTA SAUCE

Steps:

• In 5-quart Dutch oven, cook beef over high heat 6 to 8 minutes, stirring occasionally, until browned. Reduce heat to medium; add onion, garlic, oregano, salt, pepper and pepper flakes. Continue to cook 4 to 5 minutes, stirring frequently, until onion is softened. Add tomato paste; cook and stir 3 minutes. Stir in crushed tomatoes and broth; heat to boiling. Reduce heat to low; simmer uncovered 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat. Serve over pasta, if desired.
• To freeze: Cover and refrigerate sauce 30 to 40 minutes. Divide sauce among four 1-quart freezer containers; freeze up to 2 months. To use: Place frozen sauce container in large bowl filled with hot water about 5 minutes or until sauce can be slid out of container into saucepan. Cover and cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, until sauce is heated through. Use as desired.

QUICK, EASY, CREAMY, TOMATO PASTA SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat a saute pan on medium heat.
• Pour in the olive oil.
• Stir the tomato paste gently into the oil.
• It may not completely mix just yet.
• (Don't get the heat too high).
• Add the cream and stir into the tomato mixture.
• Heat it gently so that it almost starts to simmer.
• At this point it is done.
• Add the crushed garlic and fresh ground pepper.
• Serve immediately over or in your pasta, and garnish with lots of fresh chopped basil.

EASY PASTA SAUCE FOR ONE

Steps:

• Put oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat until hot. Add tomato and garlic and cook until soft, about 3 minutes. Add Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper; cook until sauce is fragrant, about 5 minutes. Add chopped basil and cook until soft, 1 to 2 minutes.

CHEAP & EASY CLAM SAUCE FOR PASTA

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in small pan, and add garlic and the optional onions. Cook on medium about 3 minutes or until tender and lightly browned.
• Stir in the basil or parsley (or both or other spices) and optional red pepper flakes.
• Add the drained juice from the can of clams.
• Bring to a boil, and then reduce heat to low allowing to simmer about 5 minutes.
• Stir in the clams and the butter. Once butter is melted, add the optional milk or half and half and cook until heated through.
• Serve over spaghetti or linguine or other favorite pasta.

EASY VEGETARIAN PASTA BAKE WITH TOMATOES AND CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add penne and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 11 minutes. Drain.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a large baking dish.
• Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a skillet over medium heat and cook garlic until fragrant, about 1 minute.
• Combine chopped tomatoes, 3/4 cup mozzarella cheese, heavy cream, tomato paste, sour cream, remaining 3 tablespoons olive oil, and cooked garlic in a large bowl and season with Italian herbs, salt, and pepper. Mix in penne pasta and spread into the prepared baking dish. Cover with sliced tomatoes and sprinkle with remaining 1 cup mozzarella cheese, and Parmesan cheese.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted, about 30 minutes.

QUICK AND EASY CLAM SAUCE FOR PASTA

Steps:

• Saute onion and garlic in butter.
• Blend in flour.
• Drain clams and reserve juices. Add minced clams and milk to the onion and garlic.
• Simmer 10 minutes, season with salt and pepper to taste.
• If you desire a thicker sauce, make a slurry of cornstarch and milk.
• Add a little at a time to the sauce, stirring, until the desired thickness. Use the reserved clam juices to thin the sauce if need be.
• Meanwhile, cook pasta al dente in boiling salted water.
• Serve sauce over pasta.
• Top with parsley.
• Pass grated Parmesan.

PINK VODKA SAUCE WITH PASTA (FAST & EASY)

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, combine the butter and vodka. Cook over medium heat just until you can't smell the vodka, about 5 minutes. Add the pasta sauce and cream, stirring until combined, and cook until heated.
• Serve over cooked pasta.

COLD QUICK AND EASY PASTA SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients (except cheese) in a bowl, and toss to combine.
• Cook pasta, toss with sauce, sprinkle with cheese.

SNEAKY AND EASY HOMEMADE PASTA SAUCE

Steps:

• Place the oil in a deep saucepan over medium heat.Cook the onions and garlic until slightly translucent but not brown. Stir occansionally.
• Mix in the orange and white puree, tomatoes, and tomato paste and bring to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer for 15-20 minuttes until sauce thickens. Move the sauce to a blender and puree in batches, or use an immersion blender inserted directly in the pot to puree sauce.
• Stir in salt and a few grinds of pepper, to taste. Use immediately or store covered in the fridge for up to 1 week, or freeze for up to 6 months.
• Pink Sauce Variation:.
• Add 1/2-3/4 cup soy milk(or regular milk or vegetable broth) into sauce, mixing until well blended and continue to simmer to thicken the sauce. Pure sauce as instructed above.

QUICK EASY SICILIAN PASTA SAUCE

Steps:

• Peel Tomatoes, place in a roasting pan. Drizzle with oil, season with salt, pepper and sugar. Throw in oven at 450 degrees for 5-6 minutes or place on roasting pan and cook on grill.
• Dice garlic small and roast in frying pan.
• Chop Fresh Basil.
• Once Tomatoes are roasted they need to be blended. You can use a good old fashioned blender or food processor. Try not to over blend. Tomato sauce should be liquid but not blended until foamy.
• Add blended tomatoes to the pan of roasted garlic, bring to a simmer. Add chopped basil, stir.
• Add sugar and/or salt to taste. Serve over angel hair pasta or whichever kind you like.

PASTA AND EASY ITALIAN MEAT SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat the butter and oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the carrot, onion, and garlic. Add the ground beef, and cook until it turns from pink to brown, about 5 minutes.
• Add the tomatoes and their liquid, crushing them with the back of a large spoon. Stir in the milk, bay leaf, thyme, nutmeg, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Simmer for 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a large pot of boiling salted water, cook the fettuccine until al dente according to the package instructions. Reserve about 1/2 cup of the cooking water, and drain the fettuccine. Return it to the warm pot. Add the meat sauce, and toss. Add the reserved pasta water as needed if the sauce seems dry. To serve, sprinkle with Parmesan.
• regional ragù
• Our sauce is based on the famed Ragù alla Bolognese (sauce in the style of Bologna). The addition of milk might seem to be unusual, but it's traditional in northern Italy-where butter and cream, as well as milk, are essential to the cuisine.

SICILIAN EASY PASTA SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in bottom of large sauce pot.
• Add onion and cook until they are translucent.
• Reduce heat and add garlic (careful as it burns easily).
• Add tomato juice, soup, paste, strained tomatoes, pepper, basil and sugar.
• Add baking soda carefully. It will foam up, be prepared to stir to dissipate the foam.
• Simmer on low heat.
• Brown meat in separate pan. Add to sauce when browned.
• Simmer sauce about 2 hours.
• Serve over good quality pasta. Some say it needs to rest overnight in the fridge, but who has the patience for that?

SIMPLE & EASY 4-INGREDIENT ITALIAN PASTA SAUCE

Steps:

• Saute the diced onion in a little bit of olive oil, butter, or cooking spray, in a medium saucepan over medium heat. (If you like garlic, you could add a few diced garlic cloves too).
• Add the stewed tomatoes and the tomato paste. Stir to combine.
• Add the brown sugar. Start with just 1/2 a cup. If you like it sweet, keep adding more. Here is when you can add salt, pepper, and any herbs like basil and oregano.
• Turn the heat down to low and simmer for at least an hour. Stir every so often. The stewed tomatoes will keep breaking down the longer you cook it, so you can keep going for a less chunky sauce. The perfect sauce for any pasta that can also be used as a pizza sauce, or for meatballs, etc.

EASY LOW CARB PIZZA SAUCE (AND PASTA SAUCE BASE)

Steps:

• 1. Place tomato paste in a small mixing bowl. Add water, using some of the water to rinse the last of the paste out of the cans. Stir well. (I whisk it with a fork.).
• 2. Add seasonings and stir again. You will have a very thick pizza sauce; add more water if you like a thinner sauce.
• 3. Refrigerate leftovers up to one week; freeze for up to a year.

FAUX-FREDO PASTA SAUCE, SO EASY

Steps:

• Place the tofu, marinara sauce, and spices in a blender.
• Blend until smooth and creamy.
• Begin to boil the water to cook the pasta.
• Pour the sauce from the blender into a saucepan and gently warm until it's heated through.
• When the pasta is still a touch crunchy, pour the frozen peas in with the boiling pasta.
• When pasta and peas are cooked, drain and mix with your warm sauce.
• Top with shredded parmesan.