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Basic Tomato Sauce
Recipe courtesy Mario Batali Show: Molto Mario Episode: Basic Pasta Sauces Overall User Rating: 
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ALMOST PERFECT!
06/21/2008 at 11:59am
User: thomas from brooklyn, NY User Rating:
Fantastic sauce that freezes very well in individual containers. Two small changes: 1. He forgot to include the step: REMOVE THE TOMATO SEEDS and reserve the juice. 2. I suggest folding in fresh chopped basil to pasta and sauce at the end. BONUS: Fold in a spoon or two of ricotta into the sauce/pasta mixture.
Simply Superb
04/29/2008 at 05:27pm
User: Gail from Glenview, IL User Rating:
Love this sauce. Made it once with Mario's recommended San Marzano tomatoes from Italy and once with another brand. Use the San Marzano if you can find it, the taste is superb and less acidy. Love it on pasta or dipping a calzone. Quick, simple and delicious!
Incredibly easy
04/22/2008 at 04:56pm
User: Gabriela from San Francisco, CA User Rating:
This sauce is so incredibly easy to make and you can give it so many uses... the possibilities are endless. I will say though that it didn't last a week on the fridge... I found mold after maybe 5 or 6 days. Lately I've been adding longer strips of onion (inch and a half or so) so that it's chunkier and I have served it as a bruschetta topping which was a great success. Basically I put some warm sauce in a small bowl and sliced baguette bread all around it so people could scoop the sauce onto the bread and eat it as an appetizer. It was delicious!!! We ate a whole baguette in 15 minutes lol. It's also great for cooking chicken... basically prepare the sauce as the recipe indicates and add chicken breasts, sliced potatoes and green peas to the mix (you might want to add a little bit of water, maybe half a cup or so to make the mixture more liquid) and simmer until the potatoes and chicken are fully cooked. Delicious.
As advertised
04/03/2008 at 08:10pm
User: Karen from New Paltz, NY User Rating:
This is just what Mario calls it... a great basic tomato sauce! We use it often and freeze the extras. It goes with everything. Thanks Mario!
real deal
03/21/2008 at 01:10pm
User: patrick from lexington, KY User Rating:
I spent 6 months in Italy. Mario's recipes are the real deal. This spaghetti sauce is great!
Mr. Rabor
02/14/2008 at 08:31am
User: Joseph from Wellington, FL User Rating:
This is the best tomato sauce ever!!! It is my basic sauce. It allows the toamtoes to make the statement, not anything else. Some recipes allow the cheese to stand. Not for me, thats why its called "TOMATO SAUCE". For me I take it everywhere with no limits. I will add meatballs to the sauce, sausage, braciole I use it for lasagna too. You name it and it goes well. One rater said she tasted too much thyme. She misread the recipe. You can use fresh or dried, however it calls for different amounts. If you follow the recipe you will like!!! mangi e goda!!!
Good
08/24/2007 at 11:11pm
User: Anonymous User Rating:
Added mushrooms and ground beef. Delicious.
Fantasic Sauce!
07/25/2007 at 04:49pm
User: ADAM from Columbia, MD User Rating:
I love this sauce, it is everything I have ever wanted out of a tomato sauce. I whipped this up to serve with some homemade tortellini (I can feel some of you wincing already) and not only was it a hit, but my guests took it upon themselves to demolish the remaining sauce off of my stove with only the bread I had made.
Nothing like it
02/16/2007 at 01:16pm
User: Bob from San CArlos, CA User Rating:
I made this for a dinner party and I had people raving about how they've never had sauce like this. I served it on the side, versus over pasta, and it was a HUGE hit! Personally, I let it reduce some so it was thicker.
Fantastico!
08/25/2006 at 05:19pm
User: Anonymous User Rating:
This was such a simple and surprisingly delicious recipe. I will make this from now on. I also did not need to add salt. Great flavor!
Simple and Delicious
08/22/2006 at 06:32pm
User: Sam from New York, NY User Rating:
You don't have to cook all day to have a nice sauce. I mix it with some browned ground lamb and penne or farfala pasta.
friggin fresca
03/25/2006 at 05:29pm
User: deborah from noblesville, IN User Rating:
Not only does this sauce take no time to prepare but the flavor is bright, light and pure tasting unlike a tomato sauce that is slow cooked for hours.
Easy, Good and Fast
03/12/2006 at 07:44am
User: Ana from Astoria, NY User Rating:
Great recipe and easy and fast. Good wasy to feed the family after a long work day.
You had better like Thyme
02/19/2006 at 04:20pm
User: MICHELE from Hallstead, PA User Rating:
This had horrible flavor. All I could taste was the thyme. I used dried thyme leaves and halved the quantity because I thought that was too much and it was still over powering. Blech!
Delicious
02/16/2006 at 10:09pm
User: KAREN from chesterfield, VA User Rating:
this is a delicious sauce!
Excellent and super easy
02/11/2006 at 10:04pm
User: Anonymous User Rating:
Great recipe, super easy to make and the kitchen will smell like the sauce has been simmering all day.
Simply good
02/10/2006 at 12:25pm
User: jay from pompano beach, FL User Rating:
I use it for a base sauce to make additional sauces. It's simple and rich in flavor.
Very Nice!!!
02/09/2006 at 08:09am
User: Philip from Fredericksburg, VA User Rating:
I don't know if I can ever eat the stuff out of the jar anymore. I used to think you had to simmer sauce all day, then the acid would kill my stomach! This was a great recipe and so easy to make! It will become my base recipe for all my dishes requiring tomato sauce. I did modify it a little bit by browning my Chorizo in the pan, then removing it before continuing with the rest of the sauce. I also added 2 tbsp of tomato paste and 1 cup of no sodium beef broth to stretch it out a little. If you are trying to use up the package of dry italian spices your parents gave you this Christmas in your stocking, soak 2tbsp in a splash of rice vinegar for a couple minutes and add with the carrots instead of using the thyme.
Wouldn't make Anything Else
02/08/2006 at 04:47pm
User: Donald from Bend, OR User Rating:
This is now the only tomato sauce I make no matter what a recipe calls for, I start with this sauce.
delicious
01/09/2006 at 09:17pm
User: KATHY from Hewitt, NJ User Rating:
Only thing that I did different was to add freshly chopped basil when I added the thyme. This dish is mouth watering.
A great pasta sauce !!
01/04/2006 at 04:37pm
User: Bill from Arvada, CO User Rating:
I make this about once a month. It makes enough for two batches for our pasta loving family of 5. I put half into a container and freeze it for later and we eat the other half that night. Works out great. Nice thick sauce with lots of flavor.
OK
01/03/2006 at 08:19am
User: Jenny from Madison, WI User Rating:
I thought it was OK - my husband thought the tomato was too pronounced (not enough seasoning)
Closest to Home Recipe
12/30/2005 at 10:25pm
User: MICHAEL from Macungie, PA User Rating:
My grandmother made a sauce very similar to this, and it is excellent! This recipe is also very versatile, and you can experiment with the ingredients and amounts until you get it "just right." For me, I added fresh basil leaves in it, and it blended really well with the thyme. Wonderful flavor!
Awesome
06/06/2005 at 08:37pm
User: KATHY from Fairfield, CA User Rating:
This is the best spaghetti sauce I have ever made. I feel like I'm eating out it's so good. It was also very easy to make and I like the rustic look of it. No need to ever buy any sauce again! Wonderful!
Ken's Kitchen
04/03/2005 at 08:50am
User: KENNETH from framingham, MA User Rating:
A fresh and light sauce best suited for a warm summer evening meal.This sauce is very much like the one I sampled in Chianti,Italy.
Just Like Momma's
05/22/2004 at 12:53pm
User: JOYCE from troy, NY User Rating:
I have never seen a recipe that uses carrots, except the meat sauce passed down to me from my San Marino in-laws. This sauce typifies the simplicity of Italian cooking - least amount of fuss & time while still giving you the best basic tomato sauce I've ever enjoyed. As does everyone I serve it to (no one believes it takes so little time - most Americans think sauce has to sit on the back burner for half a day and has to have sugar in to make it "sweet"). Mario is the Best. His Lasagne Bolognese is similar to the San Marino version - using spinach lasagne and 2 sauces. Reminds me of all the Italian families I've been fortunate to know and have let me share in their Sunday & Holiday ritual foods. Most of my friends say I'm more Italian than the Italians they know. Must have been one in another life. Mario, you can cook for me anytime.