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Simple Roasted Tomato Sauce with Canned Tomatoes

May 4, 2015 by Stacey 12 Comments

A super-simple way of having a delicious sauce for pasta (or anything!) ready in no time.

 

I’m willing to bet  you’ve got a couple of cans of tomatoes in your pantry right now. Just waiting, knowing they’ll be needed. Ready for action, versatile as hell.

Grab a couple of those cans or tins or whatever you call them, and open them.

Forget that you were supposed to pre-heat the oven. Do that now, to 190C.

Pour the contents into a baking dish – somewhere they can spread out. I do one can for 2-3 people, so adjust accordingly.

Roughly mash the tomatoes, especially if they are whole.

Pour over about a quarter of a cup of olive oil. More if you want. Don’t be shy.

Toss in a couple of sliced cloves of garlic. Go nuts!

Be a bit heavy-handed in the sprinkling of salt. Be lighter handed in the sprinkling of cracked black pepper. Throw in just a pinch of sugar.

Add some herbs if you got ’em. I always add dried basil and oregano (strong flavours here please, people).

Little bit of onion? oh yeah, if you’ve got it. Diced fine.

Splash of red wine.

Mix all together.

Throw in the oven.

Sip the wine. Make some pasta or something to have with the sauce. It’s nice on pizza too.

20 minutes later, check the sauce. It should be bubbling, and starting to reduce and thicken. If it’s enough for you, grab it out and eat. If not, pop back in until thick, sweet, and full of flavour.

Cry and ring me and tell me it was so good you cried.

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  1. sammie@theannoyedthyroid.com says

    May 4, 2015 at 6:57 am

    Oh that’s just ticks all the boxes; cheap, easy and full of yum! Totally going to give this a whirl!

    Reply
    • Veggie Mama says

      May 4, 2015 at 7:03 am

      Go for it! That’s my type of cooking, haha

      Reply
  2. I-RIGHT-I says

    May 4, 2015 at 7:57 am

    Why didn’t’ I think of that?!!!!! Custom pizza sauce. Thankyouthankyouthankyou.
    By way of thanks….. take that custom made pizza sauce and apply liberally to a large four tortilla after brushing with olive oil. Add parmesan cheese, pizza toppings even raw meat and bake at 425F for 15 minutes pull from oven and add a ton of mozzarella and slip it back in for a minute or two. Ole!

    Reply
    • Veggie Mama says

      May 4, 2015 at 8:59 am

      Well I’m not going to say no to a ton of mozzarella.

      Reply
      • I-RIGHT-I says

        May 4, 2015 at 9:43 am

        What’s fun is making a bunch out of the smaller tortillas. People like having their own personal pizza. Crispy crust too!

        Reply
  3. Elizabeth@thebackyardlemontree says

    May 4, 2015 at 9:33 am

    What a fantastic idea. I slow roasted some fresh tomatoes over the weekend but never thought of doing it with canned tomatoes.

    Reply
  4. Sonia from Sonia Styling says

    May 4, 2015 at 12:30 pm

    Yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuum!

    Reply
  5. Emma's Garden Grows says

    May 5, 2015 at 9:36 am

    Oh yes indeed!

    Reply
  6. Shari from GoodFoodWeek says

    May 5, 2015 at 12:59 pm

    I’ll be passing this recipe onto a friend who is trying to collect a large amount of tomato tins for her wedding. I have been helping in the collection of said tins so I think I better whip this up a few times as well.

    Reply
  7. Erin says

    May 5, 2015 at 9:06 pm

    Revelation, Veggie Mama.

    Reply
  8. Veggie Mama says

    May 28, 2015 at 3:35 pm

    Oh I only just saw this! how sad but lovely. Food is so comforting x

    Reply

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