simmer · tomato sauce
★★★ KITCHENPrep 5 minCook 15 minBottura Tomato Passata Sauce
Independent adaptation of a publicly published Massimo Bottura recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Massimo Bottura.
Massimo Bottura's Garlic-Basil Tomato Sauce, from the published recipe.
Ratio
Ingredients
- Tomato — 2 pounds ripe or canned (900 g)
- Olive Oil — 3 Tbsp (45 ml)
- Garlic — 3 cloves
- Basil — 1/2 cup (15 g)
- Salt — 1 tsp (6 g)
Method
- Pour to the lines in order (bottom → top): Olive Oil.
- Add: Tomato, Garlic, Basil, Salt.
- 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 to warm-to-touch before they go back in the glass.
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You found this recipe once. On a PantryFlex jar it’s printed in glass — pour your pantry to the line, shake cold, tip it into your pan. The jar measures; the stove finishes.
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Provenance
Chef of Michelin three-star Osteria Francescana in Modena. Reinterprets Emilia-Romagna classics; ranked among World's 50 Best Restaurants for multiple years.
More from this kitchenFAQ
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?
Amounts follow the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, every sauce scales to the same fill height.
Where did this recipe come from?
Adapted from Simple tomato passata pasta finish (published as “Bottura Tomato Passata Sauce”). Full citation lives in Provenance.