Pasta Sauce

[MypinchofItaly]

I have never done your first suggestion, but I want to now. I do something very similar to your second suggestion, with the cherry tomatoes, on a regular basis. I cut my cherry tomatoes in half. I like to use a cayenne pepper from my garden. It is very similar to the thin red peppers grown in Italy.

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CD

I oven-bake often tomatoes in that way,they turn out tasty and slightly crunchy.

Yes, they are very similar to those that grown here, it’s a nice idea, especially for arrabbiata sauce

 

[Morning Glory]

Life's too short. I've never understood the need to do this in everyday cooking.

It doesn't take long to skin tomatoes. My tomato concasse would not have been concasse unless I skinned and deseeded. Spicy Basil Crab Cakes with Tomato and Courgette Concasse

 

[epicuric]

It doesn't take long to skin tomatoes. My tomato concasse would not have been concasse unless I skinned and deseeded. Spicy Basil Crab Cakes with Tomato and Courgette Concasse

Fair comment, but that's not really everyday food

 

[Morning Glory]

Fair comment, but that's not really everyday food

Neither is sous-vide

 

[Sticky Fingers]

Well, I miss a day then log in expecting one or two replies and it is now on page two, I'm flabbergasted.

A few questions:

Do you mean a basic tomato sauce or are you looking for a sauce with other ingredients such as ground beef?

Would you/she like it spicy?

My top tip is to use some red wine. It will increase the complexity and depth of taste a lot.

MG thanks and thanks all of you. Yes a basic sauce, my lady don't want to make it to difficult, and yes we do like it spicy but I always get the balance of spices wrong so would like some guidance with spice. I like the red wine idea.

Thanks everyone I am beginning to see what I need to do with all the posts

 

[epicuric]

Neither is sous-vide

The shot through my foot is healing nicely. I bought this today - some fantastic recipes, almost every one involving tomatoes were concasse.

 

[caseydog]

Well, I miss a day then log in expecting one or two replies and it is now on page two, I'm flabbergasted.



MG thanks and thanks all of you. Yes a basic sauce, my lady don't want to make it to difficult, and yes we do like it spicy but I always get the balance of spices wrong so would like some guidance with spice. I like the red wine idea.

Thanks everyone I am beginning to see what I need to do with all the posts

On a tomato sauce, I start light on the spices, because they tend to "bloom" as the sauce simmers. So, when I taste the sauce when I first mix everything, it should taste a little bit weak. As it simmers, I taste, and the spices get stronger. I do my final adjustments at the end of the simmer.

CD

 

[Morning Glory]

The shot through my foot is healing nicely.

 

[Sticky Fingers]

Olive oil, chopped onion, garlic, mushrooms, diced chorizo if you have it, quartered whole tomatoes, dried oregano, paprika, red wine, stock. Let it all cook down for an hour. Chuck in some meat if you want. I did exactly this last night to use up some leftover cooked steak. No need to weigh/measure anything, simply adjust to taste.

I normally use a recipe and follow it to the letter, I'll follow this advice and wing it!!! I'll let you all know what happens, looks like I can't go wrong, CAN I !!!

 

[Sticky Fingers]

Well I'll be dammed, I made a tomato sauce and put on fresh pasta (not made by me) and the lady loved it. So now I have to make all sauces . I'll make a mess of the next one, that'll put thing back to how it should be.

 

[Morning Glory]

Well I'll be dammed, I made a tomato sauce and put on fresh pasta (not made by me) and the lady loved it. So now I have to make all sauces . I'll make a mess of the next one, that'll put thing back to how it should be.

Well done! I'm glad she enjoyed it. What sauce next?

 

[Sticky Fingers]

Well done! I'm glad she enjoyed it. What sauce next?

I made a reasonable cheese sauce not long ago.
My wife said "to make a good sauce you need a good base" so I got my good housekeeping cookery book out and started to find out what she meant by it, now I'm learning, I'll let you know how it go's.