Five Minute Tomato Sauce Recipes

5 MINUTE TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• In a stockpot, heat up olive oil and lightly brown garlic and onion. (and red pepper flakes, if using them).
• Add tomato sauce, salt, basil and parsley.
• If using plum tomatoes, in stockpot, puree whole tomatoes with hand blender.
• Simmer sauce for 5 minutes.
• Cook noodles according to pkg.
• Spoon sauce over noodles and serve with a fresh salad and bread.

FIVE MINUTE TOMATO SAUCE RECIPE

Steps:

• Combine the olive oil, red pepper flakes, sea salt, and garlic in a cold saucepan.
• Stir while you heat the mixture over medium-high heat, saute just 45 seconds or so until everything is fragrant - you don't want the garlic to brown.
• Stir in the tomatoes and heat to a gentle simmer, this takes just a couple minutes.
• Remove from heat and carefully take a taste (you don't want to burn your tongue) -- If the sauce needs more salt add it now.
• Stir in the lemon zest, and that's it! Simple, quick, and delicious.

FIVE MINUTE TOMATO SAUCE WITH RICOTTA AND PARMIGIANO

Steps:

• Empty peeled plum tomatoes into a bowl and break them up with your hands or a spoon.
• Heat olive oil in a saucepan and add garlic. Gently fry ingredients together.
• Add the peeled plum tomatoes to the saucepan. Simmer on low to medium heat for 10 minutes. Season the sauce with salt. Add the basil leaves at the end.
• Remove the sauce from the heat, add the ricotta and Parmigiano. Serve immediately.