Tomato sauce - a simple and delicious classic recipe

A little about the benefits of tomato sauce

Before you start preparing a dish, you need to learn about its beneficial properties. The main ingredient from which the gravy is prepared are tomatoes. This vegetable contains lycopene, a substance that prevents the appearance of cancer cells in the body. In addition, tomato sauce is considered a low-calorie product. Therefore, it can replace fatter mayonnaise and sour cream. This will not make the taste of the dish worse; on the contrary, it will acquire new interesting shades.

Natural tomato sauce is definitely healthy. You can buy it in the store, but it is better to prepare it at home. Then the housewife can be sure that her tomato sauce does not contain any harmful additives or preservatives.

Beneficial features

1. The main component of tomato sauce is the tomato. And tomatoes, as you know, contain such a useful substance as lycopene. This trace element protects the body from free radicals.
2. The concentration of lycopene in tomato paste is much higher than in fresh tomatoes. If 100 g of fresh tomatoes contains approximately 0.25 mg of lycopene, then tomato sauce contains more than 0.6 mg.
3. In addition, this sauce increases hemoglobin levels.
4. It normalizes blood pressure and reduces the risk of blockage of blood vessels.
5. Useful for those people who suffer from heart disease and atherosclerosis.

Ingredients for Tomato Paste Sauce

To prepare the sauce you will need the simplest and most affordable ingredients:

• tomato paste - 70 grams;
• sugar - 1 tablespoon;
• onions - 1 piece;
• vegetable oil - 2 tablespoons;
• flour - 2 tablespoons;
• black pepper - 2-3 pinches;
• salt - half a teaspoon;
• laurel leaf - 2-3 pieces;
• water - 300 milliliters;
• spicy dry herbs - 2 pinches.

Tomato sauce for pizza recipe with photo (raw)

1. canned tomatoes – 500 g
2. oregano – 1-1.5 teaspoons
3. ground black pepper – 1/3 teaspoon
4. salt
5. olive oil – 1/3 cup

This recipe is not very different in terms of preparation technology from the first one, but there are still some nuances. And it tastes a little different. And of course the taste of Italian pizza itself is different.

Peel the jarred tomatoes in tomato sauce and blend.

Peel the tomatoes and blend

Now add your favorite Italian spice – oregano. Add a lot: 1-1.5 teaspoons.

Plus freshly ground black pepper.

add oregano and pepper

Salt and pour in 1/3 cup of olive oil. Mix well. But mix with a spoon, not in a blender. The blender will change the color of the sauce and it will not be as rich.

add olive oil and mix with a spoon

This is the finished pizza sauce. It does not require cooking or stewing, because... intended exclusively for pizza that will be baked. In the photo on the left is cooked sauce, and on the right is raw. But both are very tasty! Of course, if you decide to make a simple pizza, so as not to waste much time and effort, you may buy regular ketchup, but then you will not feel the great aromas of Italy)))

pizza sauce from jarred tomatoes

Method for making tomato paste sauce

1. First of all, you need to peel, wash and finely chop the onion. Then you need to lightly fry it.
2. Now in a separate container you should mix sugar, salt, flour and tomato paste.
3. After this, you need to pour water into the resulting mass and mix everything thoroughly.
4. Next, the liquid should be poured into the frying pan with the onions. Cook the tomato paste sauce over low heat until a thick consistency is obtained. In this case, the mass must be constantly stirred.
5. As soon as the sauce begins to thicken, you need to add spices and herbs to it.

The tomato sauce is ready. Before serving, it should be left to simmer under the lid closed for several minutes. This sauce will make any dish more appetizing and tasty.

Cooking technology

10 minutes

Mix tomato paste with warm water. Add sugar, salt. Stir until uniform, so that there are no lumps.

Cut the peeled onion into small cubes. Place a frying pan and pour in sunflower oil. Throw the onion into the heated oil. Fry until golden brown.

Pour a mixture of water and tomato paste into the pan with the onions. Mix. Boil until thickened. 3 minutes before readiness, add chopped garlic, dry herbs, bay leaf.

The gravy is ready! Let it brew for another 10 minutes and serve with meat, fish or any side dish - pasta, porridge, etc.

Method for making tomato sauce from fresh tomatoes

1. First, heat the oil in a frying pan and fry the onions in it. Cooking time is seven to eight minutes.
2. Then you need to add chopped garlic to the onion and fry the vegetable mixture for another two minutes.
3. Next, you need to scald the tomatoes with boiling water in order to easily remove the skin from them. Then the tomatoes should be cut into large pieces and placed in a frying pan. Now the vegetable mass needs to be salted and seasoned with spices.
4. After this, the sauce must be brought to a boil and simmered over moderate heat until cooked. Cooking time is approximately twenty minutes. In this case, the mass must be constantly stirred.

The tomato sauce is ready. Sauce made from fresh vegetables is especially healthy.

Hot sauce with horseradish

For cooking you will need 1 kg of peeled tomatoes. They need to be thoroughly washed and ground through a meat grinder to obtain a homogeneous mass. Pour the tomatoes into a saucepan.

Take 60 g each of garlic and horseradish root. Clean them of soil and peel. You can grind horseradish and garlic through a meat grinder. However, there are some difficulties. For example, horseradish fibers wrap around the knife, which is very inconvenient. Therefore, it is better to use a food processor.

Mix tomatoes, garlic and horseradish until smooth. Add salt and black, white or red pepper or pepper to taste. This is approximately 1 tsp. To dilute the spiciness of the sauce, add sugar. It is usually added to taste, but not less than 1 tbsp. l. You need to mix the mixture well and pour into dry jars. Raw hot sauce for the winter from tomatoes is ready for use. It can be stored in the refrigerator for about three months.

Method for preparing tomato sauce from canned vegetables

1. To begin, the tomatoes should be removed from the jar. Vegetables along with juice should be placed in a blender and turned into a thick, homogeneous mass.
2. Then the product must be poured into a saucepan, placed on the stove and brought to a boil.
3. After this, you need to taste the sauce and add sugar, salt and spices if necessary.
4. As soon as the tomato sauce boils, it must be removed from the heat.
5. Next, you need to add finely chopped garlic into it and mix everything well.
6. If desired, you can add finely chopped herbs to the sauce.

Tomato sauce from canned tomatoes is ready. It should be remembered that vegetables in their own juice are prepared with the addition of sugar, salt and spices. Therefore, when creating a sauce, the housewife will have to focus on her own taste, so as not to spoil the dish with unnecessary seasonings. The product can be stored in the refrigerator for about a week. Usually during this time it is eaten without a trace.

Now you know how to make tomato sauce. Bon appetit!

Useful tips

1. I like to experiment with this recipe. It allows for improvisation both in composition and in cooking technology.
2. For cooking, I use a special wide saucepan. Let me explain why - the larger the surface, the faster the liquid is boiled to the desired thickness and consistency.
3. If the sauce contains a lot of herbs and spices, it is better to cook it longer. Then the tastes and aromas will merge into a single composition.
4. Paradoxically, a little good quality tomato paste is often added to fresh tomato sauce. It would seem, why? It turns out that this is quite reasonable: the paste enhances the taste of tomatoes, and sugar smoothes out excess acidity.
5. In Italy, a sauce with a high content of hot red pepper and garlic is called arrabbiata, and a sauce prepared with sweet pepper and red wine is called pebronata.
6. It is important to choose a tomato paste concentrate that does not contain starch and soy impurities.
7. You can add a variety of spices to tomato sauce: allspice, black and red ground pepper, coriander, cumin, cinnamon, cloves, dried or fresh ginger. Paprika and herbs - at your request and to your taste!

Option with apple

A spicy, spicy dressing made according to the recipe described below can be safely stored all winter. The main thing is to pack it in sterilized jars and seal it with metal lids. To make a delicious homemade sauce from fresh tomatoes, check in advance that you have everything you need at home. In this case you will need:

• 3 kilograms of ripe tomatoes.
• 5 pods of hot pepper.
• 3 large ripe apples.
• A couple of tablespoons of salt.
• 200 grams of sugar.
• 150 milliliters of 9% vinegar.
• A teaspoon of ground cloves.
• 50 milliliters of vegetable oil.
• ½ teaspoon each of cumin and cinnamon.
• A few cloves of garlic.
• A teaspoon of ground black pepper.

For those who don't like cumin, you can do without it. And instead of garlic, some housewives add a teaspoon of asafoetida.

Cooking algorithm

Pour a little olive oil into a heated frying pan, and after a minute add peeled and chopped garlic into it. When the vegetable acquires a golden hue, remove the pan from the burner and put it aside.

The tomatoes are washed, cut crosswise, scalded with boiling water and the skin is removed. After that, they are sent to a frying pan with garlic oil and crushed using a wooden spoon. The resulting mass is salted, seasoned with spices and brought to a boil. Then the future tomato sauce from fresh tomatoes is filtered through a sieve, not forgetting to grind with a spoon. The almost finished dressing is returned to the hot frying pan and evaporated to the desired thickness. As a rule, this takes no more than seven minutes.

The sauce made in this way is ideal for pizza, meat and pasta dishes. It can be consumed immediately after preparation. But some prudent housewives freeze it and, if necessary, simply reheat it.