A white bowl with tomato soup and basil.

Homemade Italian tomato sauce

With this original Italian recipe, you can create a perfect “Salsa di pomodoro” - in a short time and with just a few ingredients

Easy
4 Servings
50 min.
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Ingredients

1 can ORO di Parma chopped tomatoes. Alternatively, you can also use whole, skinned tomatoes.

1 handful fresh basil leaves

2-3 garlic cloves

3 tbsp. “extra vergine” olive oil

1 pinch salt

1 pinch sugar

Step 1: The preparation

Ingredients:

Garlic cloves, olive oil

For your tomato sauce, you should first peel the garlic and cut it into small pieces. Then heat extra virgin olive oil in a saucepan.

Peel and chop the garlic and heat the olive oil in a pot.

Step 2: The tomato sauce

Ingredients:

chopped tomatoes

sugar

salt

basil leaves

Add the ORO di Parma chopped tomatoes to the pot, sugar, salt and the basil leaves and simmer the tomato sauce over medium heat for about 30-40 minutes.

Step 3: Refining the tomato sauce

Ingredients:

Garlic

tomatoes

Press the tomatoes with a fork or use a blender. Add to the tomato sauce together with the minced garlic and let the homemade tomato sauce simmer again.

Step 4: The finale

You can now serve the finished tomato sauce warm. For example, homemade pasta, tortellini or meat and fish dishes are suitable. 

Ingredients

1 can ORO di Parma chopped tomatoes. Alternatively, you can also use whole, skinned tomatoes.

1 handful fresh basil leaves

2-3 garlic cloves

3 tbsp. “extra vergine” olive oil

1 pinch salt

1 pinch sugar

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