Basic Tomato Sauce

Name: Basic Tomato Sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: about 4 cups (950 ml)
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: 12 ripe beefsteak tomatoes (about 5 pounds), peeled; or 10 cups canned San Marzano Tomato; 1 heaping tsp sea salt or kosher salt (5 ml) Salt; 1 head garlic, for the flavored oil Garlic; 1 1/4 cups extra virgin olive oil (300 ml) Olive Oil; 1 packed cup basil leaves, with stems on (240 ml) Basil; 1 tsp red pepper flakes (5 ml) Red Pepper Fla

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Andrew Carmellini recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Andrew Carmellini.

GREAT ON · RAVIOLI; PASTA; BRAISED MEATS; PARMIGIANA

Great on Ravioli; pasta; braised meats; parmigiana.

Tomato base for pasta, eggs, and seafood.

On the jar

BASIC TOMATO

Method: stove
Yield: about 4 cups
Ingredients: 6

Stove sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Salt 5 mlOlive Oil 300 mlBasil 240 mlRed Pepper Fla 5 ml

Ingredients

Tomato12 ripe beefsteak tomatoes (about 5 pounds), peeled; or 10 cups canned San Marzano
Salt1 heaping tsp sea salt or kosher salt (5 ml)
Garlic1 head garlic, for the flavored oil
Olive Oil1 1/4 cups extra virgin olive oil (300 ml)
Basil1 packed cup basil leaves, with stems on (240 ml)
Red Pepper Fla1 tsp red pepper flakes (5 ml)

Method

This sauce is cooked on the stove. The jar is for storing it, not making it.
Cook ingredients gently according to the published technique, adapted here as pantry quantities only.
Finish off heat; adjust seasoning.

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Provenance

Andrew Carmellini works in Italian-American / New American at A Voce; credentials include James Beard Rising Star Chef 2000; James Beard Best Chef: New York City 2005.

Adapted from a Andrew Carmellini recipe (Andrew Carmellini / CBS The Dish (grandmother's ravioli)).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

No. This one needs a blender or stove, so make it from this page. Jars only carry pour-and-shake sauces. Its companion jar is below.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, the printed lines, counts, and QR guide carry the jar-batch amounts. Follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Andrew Carmellini / CBS The Dish (grandmother's ravioli) (published as “Basic Tomato Sauce”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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