Discover The Joys Of Real Italian Sauce By Making Your Own

By Eula Nichols


For real Italian sauce there is nothing quite like making it from scratch in your own home kitchen. With the right seasoning and the perfectly rip tomatoes magic can occur in the form of a sauce. It doesn't take a terribly large amount of effort and once you have done it the first time you will never buy store bought again.

Always start with the best fresh tomatoes. The best ones can vary depending on the season, but you want them to be about medium sized and very red in color. Gently peel the skin off of each one and mash them up as much as you can. The goal here is to get rid of as many of the lumps and bumps as you can. When they have been mushed to a pulp you will need to bring them to a boil on your stove top. After that you should reduce the heat and let it simmer for a few hours.

There really are not that many spices that go into the actual sauce. The first things to add are garlic and basil as these are the main flavors for most varieties and can be used very liberally when you are cooking. The other basic things to add are oregano, salt and pepper. These should all be added once you have begun the cooking process.

For a more authentic sauce do everything by hand, no electronics. This means crushing your tomatoes by hand, and cooking them over the stove top rather than cooking them in a croquet pot. There are tools that you can use to take all of the seeds out of the tomatoes and turn them into a pulp, but these are non electronic and have been used traditionally for years.

If you love the fresh flavors of tomato sauce and have some free time on you hands then why not make up a huge batch to store in jars for future use. The process involves heating the jars in order to sanitize them, then pouring the hot mixture in, and finally sealing the lids tightly and submerging them into ice cold water to make them air tight.

Once jarred they will make great gifts that you can give to your loved ones all year long. For any gift giving occasion that you can think of, your friends and family will love the thought and effort that you have put into it. They are not seasonal so you can give them away all year long.

When you make your own there is no concern about the different ingredients that have gone into the cooking process. You have put everything in there yourself so you know exactly what you are getting out of it. Once you have learned how to make your own you will never have to by store bought jars again, once you run out all you need to do is whip up another batch.

Use this real Italian sauce on pastas, pizzas, and many other traditional dishes. The flavors go well with a wide array of dishes that you may not have though to make them with. Get creative and experiment with different things. Remember that if you run out all you need to do is make even more.




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