pasta sauce...???????

[loukr]

okay so im babysitting.. and peckish, we have pasta but no dolminos... but we do have chopped tomatoes. can anyone give me a quick easy recipe to make a nice pasta sauce?? my ingredients so far are chopped tomatoes... lol i do have peppers and stuff like that, and various spices in the cupboard. I like all sorts of food so any ideas???? thanks! xx

[nickmo]

Never buy the jars . . .you can make it in less time that it takes to open one.

Heat a pan with a little oil - presume you have some onion? Fry til clear - 2 mins. Add some garlic if you have it. Add tomatoes and push them about to squash and cook through. Takes 3 mins more. Season with salt and pepper.

To dress this up - add some mixed herbs. Add some anchovy paste - justa little really makes a superb addition.

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[nickmo]

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Add some butter beans; add diced peppers - boil first for 2 mins. and drain it if you have time - this takes out some bitterness.

Add some capers; add a little chilli; add tomato paste/puree; add a little sugar to sweeten the sauce. Add a little balsamic vinegar; add some capers;

To get a thicker result, let the sauce boil for a short while to reduce. Cont>

[nickmo]

Add fresh basil; add diced courgette at the time you fry the onion, or use celery. Add some peas when you put in the tomatoes; add some diced smokey bacon, fried first with no oil to get a crispy result

Add a splash of white wine, or red wine. add a little spinach and pine nuts; add sliced black olives, add sliced mushrooms.

Hope that helps . . .don't add all the above to one sauce by the way. The sauce should never really take longer than the pasta to cook.

[loukr]

thanx! I ended up throwing a mixture into it, tasted really nice! thanks so much! xxx