Chef Guide to Classic Tomato Sauce

[oceantree]

I learned the general superiority of tinned tomatoes for sauce a few years back, making Marcella’s butter sauce. Factor in time/effort/expense of fresh tomatoes, and it’s a bit of a no-brainer.

[YeahRightMCD]

Simple is better in a lot of things. Sauce is one of those things. Well done.

[novah]

The reason canned tomatoes are better for sauces is because properly ripened tomatoes will collapse under their own weight during transportation which is why they're harvested slightly before being fully ripened so that they're firmer, canned tomatoes don't have this problem so they're harvested at peak ripeness. Obviously if you have properly vine ripened tomatoes in your garden that's the best of both worlds.

[mantasr]

Good point on the canned tomatoes, they can also let them ripen more.
Same with frozen vegetables and seafood - it can be good if frozen quickly

[lolig]

Very honest take on doing the own work. Sometimes its better to trust the factory produce

[mitchellminer]

Bravo for starting with onions.
I use canned tomato paste and fry it a while, then add liquid.

[cristianobrogna]

As an Italian I absolutely approve. There’s something magical about canned tomatoes, they just taste right

[markangelini]

Nothing beats canned tomatoes from the garden--so fresh and fragrant. Makes the best sauce

[markuss]

Just made a similar sauce with the following minor adjustments: fresh sage leaves fried in the oil for approx. 30 seconds until they are crispy. Remove onto paper towel and add some coarse salt to them. Then continue as described here but without the onions, plus a bit of chili flakes. Pour over al dente linguini (preferably green linguini), top with a very generous amount of grated parmesan, top with the sage leaves.

[itsdan]

I use supermarket passata and add the seasoning in myself, i also use a slow cooker to gently cook out the moisture and bind the flavour and sauce together with usually pork and or angus beef

[Brickzar]

thank you for blanching and deseeding them. such an important step that most people don't do

[kennypelling]

Good quality timmed tomatoes are perfectly adequate.

[graememcallister]

Marco also does tinned tomatoes mixed with fresh tomatoes (but he is referring to peak season, never the Thanet Earth crap from Kent in winter)

[Burttsyburtt]

The best tomato sauce I’ve ever had was made using canned tomatoes. I like to use canned whole San Marzano and crush them with my hands for my sauce but I just prefer that texture.

[mdunu]

How long do you cook it / let it simmer for?

[..]

Separating the juice from fresh tomatoes and adding that juice at the end (not cooked) also brings a nice flavor (I use half canned half fresh)

[pieroromero]

I love the way, bro said better. BeHhuahh The .

[eddie_]

For god sake man watch the enamel with that spoon 😂😂

[xvaiking]

when you say 1 garlic clove, i hear 5

[nektarios]

Tinned tomatoes are 100% better than literally any fresh tomato you can get anywhere in the UK 😂