Simple Tomato Sauce

Recipe courtesy Giada De Laurentiis

Show: Everyday ItalianEpisode: All About Lasagna

Rated: 5 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (38)

RECIPE
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Cook Time:
1 hr 20 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
6 cups

Times:

Prep: 15 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 1 hr 20 min
Total:: 1 hr 35 min

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Ingredients

1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 small onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 stalk celery, chopped
1 carrot, chopped
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 (32-ounce) cans crushed tomatoes
2 dried bay leaves
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, optional

Directions

In a large casserole pot or Dutch over, heat oil over medium high heat. Add onion and garlic and saute until soft and translucent, about 5 to 10 minutes. Add celery and carrots and season with salt and pepper. Saute until all the vegetables are soft, about 5 to 10 minutes. Add tomatoes and bay leaves and simmer uncovered on low heat for 1 hour or until thick. Remove bay leaves and check for seasoning. If sauce still tastes acidic, add unsalted butter, 1 tablespoon at a time to round out the flavors.

Add 1/2 the tomato sauce into the bowl of a food processor. Process until smooth. Continue with remaining tomato sauce.

If not using all the sauce, allow it to cool completely and pour 1 to 2 cup portions into freezer plastic bags. This will freeze up to 6 months.

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recipe Simple Tomato Sauce
Barrie Attleboro, MA 03-30-2008
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Super easy and tastey
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Made this last night with home made meatballs and Italian sausage. It was really good! Very easy as well. I used an immersion... blender instead of pouring it into a blender/food processor and I think that was much easier. Also, I put it in the crockpot with my already cooked meatballs and sausage for about 5 hours on low after the sauce had already come together. Since I made everything ahead of time, I didn't want to cool it down and then heat it back up. It was very good and definitely a keeper!Read more
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Angela Pineville, NC 06-06-2007
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Love it!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

As with Giada's Marinara Sauce, I make this in large batches and then freeze it in small containers. It's easy to make and... can be used for many different meals. I always have this is my freezer.Read more
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shar fayetteville, NC 04-04-2007
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love, love, love it
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I have adopted this recipe as my staple marinara. Sometimes I like to add a little bit of red pepper or basil. It goes so... well with her other dishes. I don't like it paired with ground beef, but love it with Italian Sausgae or chicken.Read more
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Anonymous 02-25-2007
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Fantastic!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Classic and simple!
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Theodore Burkburnett, TX 01-24-2007
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Simple Tomato Sauce
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

It would be hard to find, or make a better Tomato Sauce than this one, Thank You Giada.
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ALICIA duluth, MN 11-13-2006
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it was ok
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

this recipe was ok,I guess, but i could have made some additions to a jar sauce and it would have been just as good. It also... would have been less work.Read more