Elevate your pasta dishes with this timeless tomato basil sauce, perfect for a quick and frugal meal. Versatile in its use, it pairs beautifully with pasta, enhances meat and fish dishes, and serves as an excellent pizza sauce.
20 minutes
Elevate your pasta dishes with this timeless tomato basil sauce, perfect for a quick and frugal meal. Versatile in its use, it pairs beautifully with pasta, enhances meat and fish dishes, and serves as an excellent pizza sauce.
tablespoons
Garlic Clove, crushed
each
Chopped Tomatoes, canned
0 oz
teaspoons
tablespoons
Basil, torn
handful
to taste
1. Aromatic Garlic Base
Begin by heating the olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the crushed garlic clove and sauté gently for about 1 minute, being careful not to let it brown.
2. Simmer the Sauce
Stir in the chopped tomatoes, vegetable stock powder or crumbled stock cube, and tomato purée. Add a teaspoon of sugar if desired to balance the acidity. Bring the mixture to a gentle boil. Then, reduce the heat to low and let the sauce simmer, uncovered, for approximately 5 minutes. During this time, occasionally stir the sauce to ensure even cooking and to prevent sticking.
3. Basil Infusion
Finally, remove the sauce from the heat. Take the torn basil leaves and fold them into the sauce, allowing the warmth to release the herb's fragrant oils and infuse the sauce with its distinctive flavor.
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