
Spaghetti with Home-made Tomato Sauce
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4.5
6 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
1 hr
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Cook Time
1 hr
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Total Time
2 hrs
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Servings
4
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Course
Main Course
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Cuisine
Italian

Spaghetti with Home-made Tomato Sauce
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Back to the basics of Italian cooking: Spaghetti with fresh tomato sauce.
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Ingredients
First cooking
- 1 kg – 2.2 lbs. tomatoes for tomato sauce I used some Sweet Solanato
- 1 onion brown or red, roughly chopped
- ¾ tsp salt
Second cooking
- 10 basil leaves
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- salt to taste if needed
Spaghetti
- 350 gms – 12 oz. Spaghetti
- eggplant
- vegetable oil
- Finely grated Parmigiano Reggiano or Ricotta Salata to serve
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Instructions
Tomato Sauce
Fried Eggplant (optional)
Spaghetti
Notes
- If your sauce is way too tart, you can add ½ to 1 tsp of sugar to make it sweeter and reduce the “acidity”. I don’t usually do this, but It is very common in Italy. The sauce will be enough for more servings! Just keep it in the fridge or freeze it.
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