Whats the best red tomato sauce recipe?
This is a really good recipe that is simple and delish. Sautee 1 small yellow onion, 1/4 red or yellow pepper, and a few cloves of garlic in good olive oil (believe me this will make a difference in this simple a sauce) with a little salt and pepper. I cook this on a relatively low heat. I just want the veggies to get soft, not brown. Then I add about 1/4 c. of dry white wine. Whatever I have left in the fridge generally, if you don’t drink alcohol you can use chicken stock, but I like the wine better. I let this reduce for about 2 minutes than add 2 cans of San Marzano tomatoes. I generally get the whole tomatoes and crush them with my hand. Add them with the juice and simmer for about 20 minutes. It’s really good. Don’t add any basil until you are about to serve the sauce. Basil get’s bitter and ugly when it sits in the sauce. You can freeze this recipe, but it really doesn’t make that much. You might get 4 c. out of if. As for defrosting, take it out the night before and pop it in t
