Basic tomato and basil sauce

Basic tomato sauce
This is the easiest sauce to make and it's ready in about 15 minutes. Like the best Italian food it's simple in its structure but tastes rich and full of flavour.

You will need the following ingredients
4 cloves of garlic ( peeled and Finley chopped)
2 x 400g can of Plumb tomatoes
1medium sized red onion
Handful of fresh basil leaves
Sea Salt and ground pepper to season

Step 1


Finley chop your onion

Step 2



Peel and finely chop the 4 garlic cloves
Step 3



Add a generous amount of olive oil to a hot pan and gently brown the garlic to release the flavour (be careful not to burn it as it cooks quickly) add the chopped onion and keep on a medium heat until golden and translucent.

Step 4


Next add the cans of plum tomatoes along with the basil and bring to a gentler boil seasoning with salt and pepper. Once it reaches a boil strain through a sieve pushing any larger chunks of tomato thru with a wooden spoon. Discard the remaining pulp of tomato , basil and garlic left in the sieve and return the sieved sauce to the pan and simmer for about 10 minutes. Add a half teaspoon of sugar to the sauce as it simmers to bring out the flavour of the tomatoes.

Season again with salt and pepper to taste if needed and add some more fresh basil leaves just before serving..

Perfect for pastas, pizza or lasagne .. Tastes even better if left to cool and stored over it in a fridge to be served the next day.

Enjoy