Pomodoro pasta sauce is a classic Italian sauce with a bold and flavorful taste. It is made with simple, fresh ingredients and can be used to make a variety of pasta dishes. Whether you are a novice cook or an experienced chef, finding the best recipe for pomodoro pasta sauce can be a daunting task. With so many variations available, it can be difficult to know where to start. This article will provide you with the essential tips and tricks to creating a delicious and authentic pomodoro pasta sauce, from selecting the right tomatoes to perfecting the cooking technique. Get ready to tantalize your taste buds and impress your friends and family with a homemade pomodoro pasta sauce that will transport you to the heart of Italy.
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PASTA POMODORO
Easy and light pasta with tomatoes and garlic. Cooked chicken breast chunks or shrimp can also be added to sauce for a great main dish!
Provided by DEBNJAMES
Categories World Cuisine Recipes European Italian
Time 30m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 minutes or until al dente; drain.
- Pour olive oil in a large deep skillet over high-heat. Saute onions and garlic until lightly browned. Reduce heat to medium-high and add tomatoes, vinegar and chicken broth; simmer for about 8 minutes.
- Stir in red pepper, black pepper, basil and cooked pasta, tossing thoroughly with sauce. Simmer for about 5 more minutes and serve topped with grated cheese.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 499.7 calories, Carbohydrate 69.7 g, Cholesterol 5.7 mg, Fat 18.3 g, Fiber 5.4 g, Protein 16.2 g, SaturatedFat 2.9 g, Sodium 349.9 mg, Sugar 6.5 g
SPAGHETTI POMODORO
Serve this quick-cook sauce over your favorite pasta with a dusting of freshly grated Parmesan cheese.From the book "Lucinda's Rustic Italian Kitchen," by Lucinda Scala Quinn (Wiley).
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dinner Recipes
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Bring a large pot of water to boil.
- Place the olive oil and garlic in a 2-quart saucepan over medium heat. Swirl the pan to coat the garlic with oil and heat until garlic sizzles but doesn't brown, about 30 seconds. Add the red pepper flakes and stir. Add the tomatoes, salt, black pepper, and sugar and stir to combine. Bring to a boil and reduce the heat to a simmer. Cook for at least 20 minutes but no more than 30. Add the basil for last 5 minutes of cooking. Remove the basil before serving.
- Meanwhile, with 10 minutes to spare before the sauce is done, generously salt the boiling water. Add the pasta and cook until tender but slightly firm. Set the timer for 2 minutes less than the package instructions specify and taste for doneness. Drain the pasta and transfer it to a serving bowl. Toss with 1/2 cup of the sauce. For each serving, spoon on a little extra sauce, grated Parmesan cheese, a drizzle of olive oil, and freshly ground black pepper on top of the pasta.
PERFECT POMODORO SAUCE
This is your basic Italian/American red sauce. Nothing fancy, but perfect every time. This is the sauce to use for all of your dishes - Pasta, Baked Ziti, Parmigiana, ect. It is not acceptable for pizza sauce, as Pizza sauce in Italy is rarely cooked prior to being put on the pizza. This can be the base for a great ragu or traditional Italian/American meat sauce. The sugar is left up to one's personal taste. Some Italians use sugar (don't argue, I have witnessed it first hand). It all depends on the tomatoes... taste them and you be the judge. And you want to finely mince your onion and garlic so they melt into the sauce.
Provided by sjf17x
Categories Penne
Time 35m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Start off by mincing the onions. They must be as small as possible. Set aside in a bowl.
- Mince the garlic, then form a garlic paste.
- **Note** To form a garlic paste, mince garlic, add some sea or kosher salt and olive oil, and use the back end of a chef's knife to work the garlic into a paste.
- For the whole tomatoes, remove each tomato by hand and place into a food processor. Leave puree in the can. Pulse the tomatoes until crushed, leaving some texture. Strain through a fine mesh sieve - you'll remove about 1 cup of water. Discard the water and add crushed tomatoes back to puree in the can. Set aside.
- In a sauce pot, heat olive oil over medium heat. Cook onions and garlic for about 3-5 minutes, or until garlic begins to smell like it's roasted. It should just start to be taking on color. This step is very important and one where you have to go by the smell rather than the color of the garlic. Once you begin to smell that roasted garlic smell, the onion/garlic is ready. Stir constantly.
- Add tomato paste and stir, cooking the paste for 1 minute.
- Add wine and stir. The wine should instantly thicken, due to the tomato paste. Cook for 2-3 minutes. It is not necessary to reduce.
- Reduce heat to medium/low.
- Add red pepper flakes, oregano, salt, pepper and sugar. Stir and cook briefly for 1 minute.
- Add the tomatoes you pureed and the crushed tomatoes. Stir, cover pot and allow to cook for 20 minutes.
- After 20 minutes, taste and adjust seasoning if necessary. Sauce can be cooked longer, but I prefer a more vibrant tomato taste. The longer you cook it, the more rich the tomato flavor will become. This is totally personal preference. After 20 minutes, my pasta water is boiling away and I start cooking the pasta.
- When your pasta is finished cooking, reserve 1 cup of the pasta water. I always add at least 1/4 cup of the pasta water to the sauce. It helps the sauce stick to the pasta.
- Tips on pasta - never, never, never, never add oil to the water and never rinse your cooked pasta. The pasta can be drained and added directly to the sauce, or add your drained pasta to a bowl and toss with 1 cup of your tomato sauce.
- Add basil to sauce right before serving, as basil looses it's flavor immediately from the heat. Also do a final seasoning adjustment, if necessary right before serving. I like to add a drizzle of good quality extra virgin olive oil and an extra pinch of red pepper flakes.
- I cannot stress enough the steps are important, and this generally takes me 15 minutes max to put together -- but all ingredients are personal choice. Add more or less of whatever you like.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 380.2, Fat 28.1, SaturatedFat 3.9, Sodium 887.8, Carbohydrate 27, Fiber 6.8, Sugar 7.5, Protein 5.6
PASTA POMODORO
Provided by Michael Symon : Food Network
Categories main-dish
Time 30m
Yield 2 servings
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Heat a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the 1/4 cup olive oil and heat until hot. Add the onions, garlic and a large pinch of salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables soften, 3 to 5 minutes.
- Stir in the red pepper flakes and tomatoes and season with salt and black pepper. Tie the oregano and thyme together with a piece of butcher's twine, then add to the sauce. Bring to a simmer.
- Meanwhile, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Cook the spaghetti 2 minutes less than the time indicated in the package directions. Remove the herb bundle from the sauce and discard.
- Add the spaghetti to the warm sauce along with 1/4 cup of the pasta water. Let the spaghetti finish cooking in the sauce, stirring occasionally, 2 to 3 minutes.
- Remove from the heat and stir in the butter, basil leaves and a good drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil. Serve with freshly grated Parmesan over the top.
POMODORO SAUCE
Steps:
- In a saucepan over medium heat, saute garlic and onion in oil for 2 minutes. Add tomatoes and herbs, continue to cook for 5 minutes until the tomatoes soften. Season with salt, pepper and sugar. Serve with cheese and herb ravioli.
POMODORO PASTA SAUCE
A smooth, tasty tomato-based sauce full of fresh ingredients! Great as a pasta sauce or dipping sauce for garlic bread! Super kid-friendly!
Provided by Melissa Smith
Categories Side Dish Sauces and Condiments Recipes Sauce Recipes Pasta Sauce Recipes Tomato
Time 1h20m
Yield 16
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Stir the diced tomatoes, celery, carrots, sweet onion, garlic, tomato paste, water, red wine, sage, basil, parsley, oregano, salt, and pepper together in a large pot and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and cook the sauce at a simmer until the carrots are tender, about 1 hour.
- Pour the sauce into a blender, filling the pitcher no more than halfway. Hold the lid of the blender in place with a towel and carefully start the blender using a few quick pulses to get the sauce moving before leaving it on to puree. Puree in batches until smooth and pour into a clean container. Alternately, you can use a stick blender and puree the sauce in the pot.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 47.7 calories, Carbohydrate 5.3 g, Fat 0.1 g, Fiber 1.2 g, Protein 0.9 g, Sodium 131.2 mg, Sugar 2.7 g
POMADORO SAUCE
A friend shared the recipe for this fresh tomato mixture that's full of garlicky goodness. It can be used like bruschetta--to top slices of Italian or French bread. Or toss it with pasta or serve with grilled or roasted poultry, fish or pork.
Provided by Taste of Home
Time 25m
Yield 3 cups.
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- In a small bowl, combine the tomatoes, oil, garlic, basil, salt and pepper. Cover and let stand at room temperature for 20 minutes. Serve as topping on French bread if desired or as a sauce.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 54 calories, Fat 5g fat (1g saturated fat), Cholesterol 0 cholesterol, Sodium 104mg sodium, Carbohydrate 3g carbohydrate (2g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 1g protein.
THE BEST ITALIAN POMODORO SAUCE
Healthy, light and refreshingly good! Copycat of Italianni's restaurant best selling pasta dish. Believe me, you wont taste the anchovies here. Enjoy!
Provided by shygirl
Categories European
Time 1h5m
Yield 6 , 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- In a large pan, saute garlic in olive oil till fragrant.
- Add in onions cook till softened.
- Dump in the whole can of anchovies including its oil.
- Keep stirring till dissolved.
- Add in the tomatoes, you can use hand emulsion blender to puree it.
- Simmer 10 minutes then add sugar.
- On low heat, allow to simmer 30 to 45 minutes till flavor concentrates.
- Add in basil, correct seasoning and simmer another 5 to 10 minutes.
- Add in 2T parmesan cheese.
- You can stop here or add cream like what my kids like.
- Turn off heat and pour over cooked angel hair pasta.
- Garnish with more basil leaves and grated parmesan cheese.
- Dig in!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 473, Fat 11.3, SaturatedFat 1.8, Cholesterol 2, Sodium 682.3, Carbohydrate 81.3, Fiber 5.7, Sugar 16.8, Protein 14.1
Tips:
- Use ripe tomatoes: The riper the tomatoes, the sweeter and more flavorful your sauce will be. If you can, use fresh tomatoes from your garden or a local farmer's market.
- Roast your tomatoes: Roasting tomatoes brings out their natural sweetness and umami flavor. You can roast tomatoes in the oven or on a grill.
- Use a good quality olive oil: Olive oil is the base of pomodoro sauce, so it's important to use a good quality oil that has a fruity, flavorful taste.
- Add garlic and onion: Garlic and onion are classic additions to pomodoro sauce. They add a savory, aromatic flavor to the sauce.
- Use fresh herbs: Fresh basil, oregano, and thyme are all great additions to pomodoro sauce. They add a bright, herbaceous flavor to the sauce.
- Season to taste: Be sure to taste your sauce before serving and adjust the seasoning as needed. You may want to add more salt, pepper, or red pepper flakes.
Conclusion:
Pomodoro sauce is a versatile sauce that can be used in a variety of dishes, from pasta to pizza to soup. It's a simple sauce to make, but it can be packed with flavor. By following these tips, you can make a delicious pomodoro sauce that will impress your family and friends.
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