Drop the Store Bought Pasta Sauce...

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[LifebyMikeG]

Cherry Tomato Pasta Recipe:

Ingredients:
- 1 bag of pasta
- 3 tablespoons of olive oil
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic, minced
- 2 pint of cherry tomatoes
- 1/4 cup of grated palm
- 1/4 cup of chopped parsley


Instructions:
1. Start by cooking your pasta according to the directions on the bag.
2. To another pot, drizzle in 3 tablespoons of olive oil and 1 chopped onion. Cook until soft (about 2 minutes).
3. Add in a pinch of salt and minced garlic. Cook for another minute.
4. Add in the cherry tomatoes. Cover with a lid and cook for another 2-3 minutes or until the tomato skin splits.
5. Get a potato masher and mash the tomatoes until they break down and release their juices.
6. Let the sauce reduce for a minute before you add in your cooked pasta.
7. Toss to coat the pasta in the sauce, then add in the grated parm and parsley. Give it one more mix and enjoy while hot!

[TipperProject]

Yeah I just used good tinned tomatoes and make my own sauce with seasoning that way as is the cheapest. A full bag of cherry tomatoes costs a lot more than a pasta sauce jar and tinned tomatoes sadly.

[prof]

The pasta is ready before I even diced my onions LMAO 😂

[Spacey_key]

That's gotta be the saddest looking tomato sauce I have ever seen

[artemperesada]

For those looking to save some $ just use canned peeled tomatoes. Also don't forget to add pasta water when adding the pasta to the sauce, the starch in the water will help make it lil thicker and saucier

[FrostedGalaxies]

The thing is, a jar of pasta sauce is $1-2 and the amount of cherry tomatoes needed is like $8. It's not usually about time.
Edit: we all live in different places. I can totally get pasta sauce for $2, I did it yesterday. You may not be able to do so where you live. When I originally made this comment, fresh produce was quite expensive due to flooding in my country, it's more reasonable now but still not cheaper that pre-made stuff made somewhere else.

[Tiggy]

Bro really put in 1/5th a clove of garlic 😂

[hualni]

I just made sauce from a can of whole and a can of crushed San Marzano tomatoes. It was delicious! I just added salt, fresh basil, and dried Italian Seasoning.

[Spectre.]

The whole point of using store bought is not to have to cut anything.

[aldonakozowska]

"in the time it takes to cook your pasta"
"diced onions"

[kenzbai]

When I made this it didn't turn out great but I think adding tomato paste and more seasoning would add enough flavor and acid to the mix to be good

[JoeMauri]

A quick tip if you don't want tomato's skin in your dish:

Make a cut on the surface of every tomato. Boil em for 3 / 5 minutes. Take em out from the hot water and easy pinch em.

Sorry for my bad English.. I'm from Italy. 😢

[elizabluerose]

My dad's trick for making jarred sauce better is to sautee it in olive oil and garlic before adding cooked pasta. Always improves the flavor!

[MikeTheBFG]

I have been a chef since 2010. When i went to culinary school i was taught canned whole tomatoes are the best choice for a tomatoe sauce, i was taught the canning process develops the flavor in such a way that fresh tomatoes can't compare in a pasta sauce but if you use a #10 can of whole peeled tomatoes that would be too much sauce so if this works for you great but the flavor would be better with canned. Maybe compare using canned oved fresh tomatoes and we will see if my chefs were full of it or not.

[hansolobutimdead]

Quick tip: Cook the pasta one minute less than the packages instructions and finish cooking it on the sauce, and use a bit of the pasta cooking water because its full of starch to thicken the sauce. Garnish with basil and nutmeg

[milagrosgranados]

I made this two times already. This was absolutely delicious. The first time I made it I only made pasta. The second time I made this I added chicken. I also added mozzarella and Parmesan cheese. This recipe is now one of my favorites. Absolutely delicious 😋🤤🩷🩷🩷

[JMGilberto]

Do the exact same thing with a can of San Marzano (legit Italian) tomatoes, and you have literally the most perfect pasta sauce possible in the time it takes to boil the pasta.

[jonathanmoore]

Dude just created the most acidic pasta sauce ever made.

[hotfishdev]

Glad that works for you. Up here where I live, it’s either a $1 can of pasta sauce, or $10 for the ingredients to make a pasta sauce from scratch. So…. yknow.

In b4 I get shamed for not having a lot of money 😆

[Aditya-wglp]

You honestly don’t even need that crusher thing, once you cook the tomatoes enough you can easily break it apart with just your spatula