Description
You will love my Italian-style sauce. You can add meatballs to this sauce; it comes out really good.
Ingredients
- ½ cup olive oil
- 1 large onion, minced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 4 cups water
- 2 (32 ounce) cans crushed diced tomatoes
- 1 (16 ounce) can tomato paste
- ¼ cup chopped fresh basil
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon white sugar
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Saute onion and garlic in hot oil until onion is translucent
- 5 to 7 minutes.
- Reduce heat to medium-low. Add water
- crushed tomatoes
- tomato paste
- basil
- baking soda
- and sugar; season with salt and pepper. Stir mixture
- bring to a simmer
- and cook until the sauce is thickened
- about 2 hours.
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 2 hrs 10 mins
Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins
Servings: 12