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Tomato Sauce Ingredients
- 1 can (28 oz) crushed tomatoes
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a pan over medium heat.
- Add garlic and sauté until fragrant.
- Add crushed tomatoes and oregano, simmer for 15 minutes.
- Season with salt to taste.
Equipment
What each of these actually changes about the result. Links go to Amazon and earn this site a commission at no cost to you — more on that here.
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Emulsified sauces — mojo, cilantro lime, pesto ranch — come together in a tall cup in about fifteen seconds and break far less often than they do in a full-size blender jar that is only a quarter full.
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A thick base spreads heat instead of concentrating it in hot spots, so a tomato sauce reduces slowly rather than scorching in a ring on the bottom.
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Won't scratch enameled or nonstick surfaces and doesn't conduct heat into your hand during a long simmer. The flat-edged kind scrapes fond off the pan bottom better than a round one.