Artificial Flavors Free Pomarola Fresh Tomato Sauce
This is Italian tomato sauce the way it was always meant to be made — nothing but ripe plum tomatoes, garden vegetables, olive oil, and fresh basil. Store-bought jarred sauces are notorious for sneaking in natural and artificial flavor additives that have no business being in a simple pomarola, so making it from scratch is the only way to know exactly what's in your bowl. The soffritto of onion, carrot, and celery builds a quietly sweet, savory backbone before the tomatoes even hit the pot, and a long, unhurried simmer does the rest of the work. Passing the cooked sauce through a food mill gives it that silky, restaurant-quality texture without any shortcuts or additives. A finishing drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil pulls everything together with a richness that no bottled version can replicate. This is the kind of sauce you'll want to keep in the freezer at all times — deeply flavorful, completely clean, and endlessly versatile over pasta, in lasagna, or spooned over anything that needs a little Italian soul.
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6 servings
- 3 lbs ripe plum tomatoes (about 10–12), roughly chopped
- 4 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 medium yellow onion, roughly chopped
- 1 medium carrot, roughly chopped
- 1 celery stalk, roughly chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, smashed and peeled
- ½ tsp sugar
- 1 tsp kosher salt, plus more to taste
- ¼ tsp black pepper
- 8 fresh basil leaves
Instructions
- 1
Heat 3 tbsp olive oil in a large heavy-bottomed pot over medium heat until shimmering. Add the onion, carrot, and celery and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened and the onion is translucent, about 8–10 minutes.
- 2
Add the garlic and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute.
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