A classic Italian tomato sauce for so many amazing Italian dishes, from pasta to pizza, to chicken parmigiana.

This healthy, fresh tomato sauce is the perfect addition for all your Italian recipes. The tomato sauce recipe is so easy and full of punchy flavours to enjoy.

Classic Italian Tomato Sauce

This authentic Italian tomato sauce is so easy and full of flavour. With minimal prep time, this is a great base for so many Italian recipes, and it's really healthy too.

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Ingredients

  

• 2 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• 1 Medium Onion finely diced
• 4 Garlic Cloves crushed
• 1 Large Carrot finely diced
• 1 Stalk of Celery finely chopped
• 2 tbsp Fresh Basil diced
• 2 tbsp Fresh Italian Parsley diced
• 1 kg Tomatoes Diced
• 400 g Canned Crushed Italian Tomatoes

Instructions

 

• Gently cook the onion and crushed garlic in a pan with extra virgin olive oil until the onion is caramelized.
• Place the onion, garlic & all other ingredients into the slow cooker, on a high heat.
• Once the ingredients have reached a high heat, reduce the slow cooker to a low heat and allow the ingredients to break down over approximately 4 hours (depending on desired thickness.) Be sure to stir the mixture occasionally.
• Once the ingredients have broken down and the mixture is a textured sauce, turn off the heat and allow the sauce to cool.
• For a sauce with a smooth texture, use a stick blender to puree the ingredients thoroughly.

Tips for Italian Tomato Sauce

Firstly, make sure that you use very ripened roma tomatoes that are really red in colour. If you can’t get a hold of these in your fresh produce, you could always use whole canned roma tomatoes instead.

Many recipes recommend that you peel and core the tomatoes first for a greater flavour. You can do this if you choose to, but we are all about quick and easy here.

Furthermore, don’t be afraid to alter the recipe to suit your taste. Many people like to add a meat for flavour, or some mushrooms for texture and flavour. We usually add a generous splash of red wine to our sauce. It not only makes the colours bolder, but it just gives the sauce that extra kick too.

Finally, you can enjoy this sauce with so many Italian recipes. See the links below to some of the recipes that we use this beautiful sauce in.

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