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TOMATO SAUCE FOR PASTA

The Italians have the correct idea with their tomato sauces for pasta and meats, keep it simple! Our recipe uses basic ingredients for a very tasty pasta or meat sauce.

Preparation
Cooking
Freeze
Difficulty
Servings

10 minutes
20 minutes
Yes
Very easy
Four

Equipment
Basic kitchen equipment

Ingredients
Canned tomatoes
Beef stock cubes
Onions
Garlic clove
Dried oregano
Dried basil
Olive oil
Salt & pepper

Amount
2 400g cans
2
2 medium
3 medium
level teaspoon
level teaspoon
2 tablespoons
To taste

Tomato sauce on meatballs

Expert Advice
If using fresh chopped herbs, double their amount for this recipe.

STEP1 - PREPARE

Onions - Top and tail, peel and roughly chop.
Garlic - Peel and finely chop
Beef stock cubes - dissolve them in a small amount of hot water.

STEP 2 - FRY ONION & GARLIC

Place a frying pan on a medium heat, add the olive oil, chopped onions and garlic. Stir in the garlic and onions so that both are coated in the olive oil. Fry gently for eight minutes until they softened but not browned.

STEP 3 - MAKE THE SAUCE

Add the remaining ingredients to the frying pan and cook for 12 minutes stirring every few minutes.
For pasta, simply pour the sauce over the cooked pasta.
For meat, such as meatballs, add the cooked meat to the sauce when adding the above ingredients.