Making the perfect tomato sauce truly is an art that is being lost to time. It's just so easy to open up a newly bought jar, lump out all of the innards into a pot, and cook it up until it's popping away happily.
While tomato sauce from a jar tastes good enough, it honestly seems to be missing that something special. While we all consider a good old fashioned tomato sauce to be a very difficult recipe to make, it turns out it might not be as tough as you originally thought!
In fact, this recipe is so easy that a 7-year-old can do it! Albeit, Chef Frankie might be a bit better trained in the kitchen than most of us, his amazingly recipe is super simple to make, but when your friends and family give it a taste? They'll be saying it's absolutely perfect!
Make sure to watch this father and son team in action and let us know if there's anything different you would do.
And please SHARE this delicious recipe if you plan on making some perfect simple tomato sauce!
The World's Most Perfect Tomato Sauce
Cook Time: 60 minutes
Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 16oz good, canned plum tomatoes or ripe fresh fruit
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 3 stems of fresh basil
- Extra-virgin oil, to serve (optional)
Instructions
- Boil tomatoes until skins split. Lift out and peel, then squish with hands.
- Heat oil in saucepan on medium-low. Add the garlic and cook for 2 minutes until slightly brown.
- Tip in the tomatoes, and break up with a wooden spoon if necessary, Season lightly.
- Bring to a simmer, then turn down the heat and simmer for 45 minutes. Stir occasionally until thick.
Test the seasoning, add the basil leaves, roughly torn, and drizzle in a little extra-virgin olive oil if you like before serving. Make sure to wait until everyone is sitting down at the table before you start eating it all up! Start together, finish together, sit, and then clear the table together. No phones!
