With a good tomato sauce bottled in the fridge you are only minutes away from countless delicious and wholesome meals. We’ve included this recipe because we’d like to encourage you to make huge batches so you always have it available. Another good thing about making big batches of sauce is that the flavours keep on developing, so it always tastes better on days 2 and 3.
If you are making a specific meal that requires a tomato sauce, make a habit of doubling the amount of sauce, and bottle the leftovers.
We always give our sauce plenty of time to reduce on the stove, as this transforms the tartness in the tomatoes into sweet tones. We also add the basil stems together with the onion as the stem carries a lot of flavour. You can add extra spices and vegetables to the sauce, but we keep ours simple and instead add flavours when we use it for specific recipes.
Check out the Family-style Tortilla Bowls, Shakshuka, Popeye Polpette, Lemon Ricotta Lasagne for a Crowd and Flatbread Pizzette for various ways to use this sauce.