Basic Sweet Basil Pasta Sauce
Enough for 1 lb of dry pasta
ingredients:
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- ¼ cup sweet onion (minced)
- 28 oz can San Marzano tomatoes in sauce (mashed by hand)
- 2 tbsp + 1 tsp sugar
- 1 ½ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp granulated garlic
- ¼ cup fresh sweet basil leaves
- Heat the olive oil in a pot over medium heat. Add the onion and cook until softened, stirring often.
- Add the tomatoes and bring to a simmer for 30 to 40 minutes.
- Puree the tomato and onion mixture to your desired smoothness, then simmer for another 5 minutes.
- Remove from heat and add the sugar, salt, and granulated garlic. Stir well.
- Add the basil leaves and allow the sauce to stand for 30 minutes to extract flavor from the spices and basil.
At this point the sauce can be used as-is or warmed for service.