Simple Tomato Sauce

Name: Simple Tomato Sauce
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: about 2 cups (470 ml)
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 Tbsp EVOO (45 ml) Olive Oil; 1 small onion, finely diced Onion; 2 cloves garlic, minced Garlic; ½ tsp kosher salt (+ more to taste) Salt; 1 (15-oz) can crushed tomatoes (400 ml) Crushed Tomato

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

FINISHING SAUCE · FISH CAKES & PASTA

In the published recipe, this is the finishing sauce for fish cakes. The same recipe pairs it with Sorghum-Dijon Vinaigrette, the vinaigrette.

Bailey's simple tomato sauce for fish cakes.

On the jar

SIMPLE

Method: simmer
Yield: about 2 cups
Ingredients: 5
Jar batch: 5.05× recipe

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Ratio

OLIVE OIL 45 ml

Ingredients

Olive Oil3 Tbsp EVOO (45 ml)
Onion1 small onion, finely diced
Garlic2 cloves garlic, minced
Salt½ tsp kosher salt (+ more to taste)
Crushed Tomato1 (15-oz) can crushed tomatoes (400 ml)

Method

Pour to the lines in order (bottom → top): OLIVE OIL.
Shake-to-line (dashed marks): add GARLIC. Spoon in, shake, and top up until the settled level reaches each dashed line.
Add by count: 5 ONIONS, 5 CANS CRUSHED TOMATO.
Season to finish: SALT (to taste).
Cap the jar and shake until combined.
Pour into a cold pan and bring to a gentle simmer. The jar stays off the stove. Cool leftovers briefly before they go back in the glass, then refrigerate promptly.

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Provenance

Mashama Bailey works in Port City Southern / African American at The Grey; credentials include James Beard Outstanding Chef 2022 (The Grey, Savannah); James Beard Best Chef: Southeast 2019.

Originally published as Simple Tomato Sauce (Fish Cakes).

Adapted from a Mashama Bailey recipe (Mashama Bailey / AP News (*The Rise*, Samuelsson fish cakes)).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

Yes, with one pan. Its liquids pour to the printed fill-lines and shake cold; the mix then goes into a pan to simmer. The jar itself never touches heat.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). A PantryFlex jar makes a 5.05× batch of it. The jar's printed lines, counts, and QR guide are already scaled to match, so 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 Mashama Bailey / AP News (*The Rise*, Samuelsson fish cakes) (published as “Simple Tomato Sauce (Fish Cakes)”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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