Fresh Tomato Sauce
I think when I watched the Sopranos for the first time, me and Mike made this every week! The sauce is so light and creamy, but contains no cream or butter, just natural creaminess that happens from slowly cooking juicy cherry tomatoes! You can use any baby tomato you can get your hands on, sometimes I quadruple the recipe just to soak up the sauce with a crusty loaf of bread with reckless abandon. :)
Ingredients.
3-4 lbs of cherry or grape tomatoes, sliced in half
1 medium white onion, minced
6 cloves of garlic, minced
1 Tbs Sugar
1 bunch of fresh basil, divided in half
1/3 Cup cold water
Dried Oregano, Salt and Pepper
1 lb of Pasta of choice - I love an angel hair, don’t judge me!
Naturally creamy and glossy. I wish you could smell this!!
Method.
Step 1.
In a large cold sauce pot, add your olive oil and minced garlic. Turn the heat to medium. Once the garlic is fragrant, drop in your minced onion. Once your onion is translucent, about 8 minutes, add in your sliced cherry tomatoes and give everything a stir.
Step 2.
Add in your sugar, salt, pepper, dried oregano, fresh basil, and turn the heat up to medium-high. Let everything cook down, stirring occasionally for 5 minutes. You’ll see it starting to get naturally saucy right away!
Step 3.
Drop in your cold water, and stir, nudging any bits that are sticking to the bottom of the pan. Put the lid on your pot and cook for another 15 minutes, stirring frequently.
Step 4.
If your sauce is reducing too much you can add a bit more water. After this point, all of the tomatoes should be released into a creamy sauce. Once your sauce is at the desired consistency, turn your heat down to low and boil pasta to instructions.
Step 5.
Remove at least 2 cups of sauce from the sauce pot. I like to ladle it into a liquids measuring cup. Drop your al dente pasta into the remaining sauce in the pot. Toss the pasta in the sauce until completely coated. Pour more sauce back into the pot until it’s as sauce as you like it! Add more fresh basil and enjoy! I’m jealous that you’re making this right now!!!