Crushed Tomato Sauce
Traditional dish with onion, garlic, tomatoes.
- prep 9 min
- cook 21 min
- total 30 min
- serves 4
- intermediate
Ingredients
- ¼ cups olive oil
- ½ onion
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1 can tomatoes
- 5–6 leaves basil
- 1 tsp salt
- to taste several cranks of ground black pepper
Steps
- Heat the olive oil in a skillet or pot over medium-high heat.
- Add the garlic, onions, salt, pepper, and Italian seasoning, if desired.
- Turn the heat down to low.
- Add the tomatoes.
- Cook over low heat for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Taste a spoonful of the sauce.
- Season with salt to taste.
- Taste again and salt as needed.
- After it is salted to your taste, stir in the basil.
- Remove from the heat.
- Serve however you like and enjoy.
Adapted from “Crushed Tomato Sauce”, Wikibooks Cookbook, CC BY-SA 4.0. This adaptation is shared under the same licence.