The Best Tomato Sauce You'll Ever Make (Restaurant-Quality) | Epicurious 101

Professional chef Lish Steiling helps you unlock the secret to making restaurant-quality tomato sauce at home. Learn the techniques necessary to raise your game with this Italian cuisine staple to professional levels of goodness.

Producer: Mel Ibarra
Director: Gunsel Pehlivan
Talent: Lish Steiling
Director of Photography: Kevin Dynia
Editor: Jared Hutchinson

Sr. Culinary Director: Kelly Janke
Culinary Producer: Denise Ginley
Culinary Associate Producer: Leslie Raney
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Associate Producer: Tim Colao
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Cam Op: Jeremy Harris
Audio: Michael Guggino
Production Assistant: Justine Ramirez

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Assistant Editor: Ben Harowitz
Graphics Supervisor: Ross Rackin
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0:00 Tomato Sauce 101
0:22 What’s Pomodoro Sauce?
0:39 Chapter One - Prep
2:12 Chapter Two - Cooking
5:22 Chapter Three - Saucing The Pasta


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[squilky]

This is indeed delicious. The most impressive part is how Lish managed to keep her shirt clean through the whole process. I was not that fortunate.

[todd]

Another great video from Chef Lish. She makes everything look so simple for us non-professionals and I love her passion for what she's doing. More Chef Lish please.

[bryandavies]

I love seeing simple recipes done with care in a way to really elevate them! This is the perfect amount of detail to explain the "why" of things, without being pedantic or overwhelming

[nancidansouis]

Made this today. Figured I made enough for dinner and lunch tomorrow. I was wrong. I ate the whole pan! 😂This sauce is so easy and so incredibly flavorful. Will make over and over again!😊

[ParduzTube]

From an italian: what a great sauce!!!! Many compliments!
If you want to try some very little variants, you could:
- add a glass of red wine *
- before cooking, put the peels of the garlic in a glass of hot water (as if you were making an infuse) for about half an hour, then put that water in the sauce *
- add a bit of spicy red pepper (either powdered or in chunks)

* this requires a bit more of simmering to let the liquid evaporate

Buon appetito! :)

[georgea]

10/10 recipe

Best tomato sauce I've ever had. Extremely easy to prep, & cook. Delicious! You don't even have to chop an onion.

[santiagotoca]

I just finished this with a simple spaghetti. This is really THE BEST POMODORO SAUCE I have tried in my 48 years of eating pasta. Hard to think of anything to add or subtract. It is genuinely wonderful, incredible depth of flavor. GRAZIE!!!

[coreyfunch]

Chef Lish is my new favorite on this channel. Amazing, clear instructions with a sprinkle of fun. ❤

[josephmonte]

I’ve been a Chef for 25 years. I’m also 100% Italian raised in a bilingual home. The struggle as a Chef to make the perfect sauce is real. There are 8 million different recipes, all of which are (according to the cook) the absolute best! Well, I’ve been toiling with thousands of variations, and this one is just 100% on the money! The best thing about it is it’s very intelligent and easy! Absolutely brilliant!

[carsenlynn]

If it wasn’t for this channel, I’d still be making taco rings to razzle dazzle everyone. I’ve been watching this channel since 2019. And it has single handedly changed my experiences in the kitchen. I wasn’t close with family growing and my biological mom never really allowed to learn anything in the kitchen. Grateful for this content!!!

[kenta_]

@ChefLish, your enthusiasm, and genuine positivity to cooking makes me smile every time I watch these videos, thank you!

[DiamaXIV]

One little thing to point out, “Marinara” is actually made with garlic and oregano. Onion, carrots and celery are used for “soffritto”, which is the base for a normal tomato sauce.
I think this is an important point to make, so people visiting Italy won’t have unwanted surprises while eating out

[FuccoTheClown]

Great recipe. Good pace and presentation. excellent job! thanks for sharing

[willoww]

Lish is the best! Her energy is just so easygoing yet enthusiastic. It's infectious. I get so pumped to cook. More Lish videos please!

[allenrpn]

Love chef Lish, extremely well educated, articulated simply a pleasure to watch her videos, more of her.

[jpaleas]

2/20/23 I made this for dinner and it’s a new favorite! Followed you recipe exactly. Thank you!

[McCulleyJr]

Your enthusiasm is contagious and this recipe is phenomenal, graci Chef Lish!

[brianh]

Olive oil, fresh pressed garlic, salt, pepper, and a high quality can of san marzano tomatoes. It's simple but it is all about the tomato and the sauce is fantastic. I can just eat the sauce on it's own or dip bread into it. Just incredible.

[andreatrepasburgess]

Best recipe I have seen on YouTube to make this . When I was in Greece I had the best pomodoro sauce at a restaurant called Selene at the hotel katitkies Gardens in Santorini greece . Went back twice for this dish . Been searching for the perfect recipes since

[mariannedonnelly]

Excellent presentation!! What fun to watch this delightful, talented chef🤩