Best Italian Tomato PASTA SAUCE RECIPE

Tomato basil pasta sauce is what we are famous for, and in this recipe, I’m going to share all the secrets to this simple, thick, luscious recipe, that will take you right to my Nonna’s house for Sunday lunch. Get your kitchens ready to be infused with the aromas of fresh tomato and basil and plan a special meal to hero this finger-licking sauce, because one you try it, I can bet you will never spend money on artificial store-bought sauce, ever again. This tomato basil pasta sauce is completely homemade, preservative free and I think it’s so good, you could even be tempted to drink it!

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Best Italian Tomato PASTA SAUCE RECIPE - Sugo al Basilico

INGREDIENTS:
Extra virgin olive oil
Onion
Celery
Carrot
75-100g/2.6 – 3.5oz fresh basil leaves
2.5kg/10.42 cups Homemade passata/Store bought OR Peeled/chopped Italian tomatoes

UTENSILS:
Sharp knife
Chopping board
Hand blender
Medium – large size pot
Wooden spoon

METHOD:
1. Tomato basil pasta sauce is made with a “Soffrito” which is a blend of fresh ingredients used at the very beginning of the recipe.
2. To make the soffrito, chop up 1 carrot, 100g onion and 1 celery stalk (including the leaves!).
3. Add all of these ingredients into the base of a hand blender with 100ml of extra virgin olive oil, until it becomes beautiful and creamy, like a puree. This will form a flavoursome base for your tomato basil pasta sauce.
4. Next, turn the stove on to a very gentle heat and place the pot on top. Add 3-4 tablespoons of EVOO and pour in the soffrito mix.
5. Gently stir the soffrito so it covers the base of the pot, cover it with a lid and leave it to simmer for 15-20 minutes.
6. If you are using chopped or peeled tomatoes, blend them up so they become a beautiful thick passata. If you are using homemade or store bought passata to make your tomato basil pasta sauce, then you can skip this step!
7. After ten minutes, the soffrito will start to darken in colour. Stir it using a wooden spoon (making sure it is not burning) and then leave it to simmer for at least another 5 minutes.
8. When the soffrito is ready, mix through the tomato passata and stir very well using a wooden spoon.
9. Sprinkle 10g/2.2 teaspoons of rock salt and some black pepper and mix through.
10. Now, just cover the tomato basil pasta sauce with a lid and leave it to simmer slowly for 1-1.5hr, remembering to stir it every now and then.
11. After 1hr, remove the lid and leave it for another 30-45min, simmering it without the lid.

VINCENZO’S PLATE: It is important to let the sauce simmer without the lid so that the sauce does not become watery and by uncovering it, the steam will leave the pot and allow the sauce to thicken even more.

12. The finishing touch for this perfect homemade tomato and basil sauce is adding fresh basil at the very end. You can cut this up small or large depending on your preference – just make sure you don’t cut it with a knife! Add it with your hands before mixing through and leave this to infuse while the sauce is still hot – but the stove is now off.

HOW TO SERVE:
Enjoy this tomato basil pasta sauce however you like it! Use it with your favourite pasta, enjoy it on a pizza base, smother it over your chicken cacciatore, no matter how you use your sauce, it will add another whole level of flavour to your next meal.

E ora si mangia, Vincenzo’s Plate…Enjoy!

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[susanpajaro]

I made the sauce tonight. I have been trying different recipes forever trying to nail it. It happened. This is it. NAILED IT. Thank you!!! Amazing sauce.

[kamarpreet]

This is not a cooking video...this is a symphony of ingredients, love, passion and science. I love it ❤

[Mokainkd]

Yes! I am Italian and I remember with pleasure when my grandmother cooked the tomato sauce and I ate half of it spreading it on hot bread! Perfect match 👌

[YosemiteScubaDiver]

Next level sauce. Absolutely fantastic. The added flavors from the carrots, onion, and celery can't be overstated. Wow.

[skippitybop]

this is the best tomato sauce on the planet. i’ve been making it this way ever since the video came out. i must confess i do take 2 small cloves of garlic and make it into a paste with some sicilian sea salt adding it to soffritto after it has cooked for 15-20 minutes. always use the san marzano tomatoes i process them in a food mill, perfect consistency every time. blending the vegetables with the extra virgin olive oil for the soffritto is brilliant. there are other tomato sauces out there that are very good, this one is simply the best. well done Vincenzo. greetings from Long Island. - Tim

[raymonddersch]

Your passion for cooking just kicks it's way through the screen. Love it.

[daniellourenco]

Vincenzo oh my lord! Just finished cooking this sauce and it turned out better than i could have hoped. Fiancee loves it. Many thanks for sharing!

[onestevo]

Half my freezer full of this sauce, all fresh from our garden. I cook it for about 6 hours lid off or till its reduced to a nice thick sauce . We stopped bottling the sauce, now we just put them in takeaway containers then in the freezer. Thanks for sharing people who try your recipe will love it.

[adamjones]

I made this pasta sauce. Omg! Best pasta sauce I've ever had! The closest I can think of was this Italian restaurant I worked at when I was first year of uni. Absolutely delicious!

[arthurs]

I cook around 2L of this sauce per week, everyone around me loves it thank you for the recipe !!

[XHXHX]

I made this today, sort of..I used a whole onion, 3 cans of chopped toms, amount 60 ml of oil in total and also added garlic and oregano.. so I did stray from the recipe a little but wow what a beautiful thick delicious sauce. I’m so satisfied that I made it myself and its not full of sugar and preservatives, I’ll definitely be making it again and trying more of your recipes! I served mine on home made tagliatelle with a bit of pecorino / it was so good !

[richardjames]

Thank you Vincenzo! I have to say i have watched pretty much all of your video’s. You have taught me a lot over the last year.

[anthonymonto]

This is almost identical to my great grandmother's recipe! Classic, simple, delicious! Well done!

[dragstar]

Thank you Vincenzo! All our love from Greece!

[Heather_Joy]

My husband makes a Sofrito that is Puerto Rican. We use it as a seasoning base to many of our meals. We make it in batches and freeze it in mason jars.

[chris_coffin]

Thank you, Paisano for helping me get back to our roots through our lifeblood: FOOD 🙏

Can’t wait to start making these. A lot of what you say in your videos is what my mom (Neapolitan/Sicilian) also was taught growing up. A lot of our culture and cuisine got lost over the years

[valeriebardascino]

My son has made this a few times now and it's brilliant. Very much like the sauce my Italian born mother and grandmother made. We are 100% Italian on both sides (and my husband was born in Italy! )and my mother called it gravy! Please don't get mad! Love your cooking style!

[muktevia]

Thank you Vincenzo for showing us how the real authentic Italian preparations are done on your channel. Really grateful for all these simple and mind blowing secrets that you share. Having tried this sauce and many other recipes you have shown, I can confidently say that Italian cooking at home has never been the same again!

[garryland]

Vincenzo, I love watching you cook.... I learn SO much. You not only tell your audience what to use, you explain WHY you use these ingredients. This is very important to understand why only certain ingredients will work. I am a big fan of your from Virginia in the USA. Thank you for your posts.

[KarenBates-hqvj]

Nothing will ever smell and taste as good to me then fresh pasta sauce. My grandmother made such good spaghetti, I'd get off the bus from school and the house would smell amazing!