Homemade Spaghetti Sauce With Garden Tomatoes : Italian Cuisine

canned tomatoes

🥗Healthier: fresh tomatoes

💰Cheaper: crushed tomatoes

Fresh tomatoes can enhance flavor, while crushed tomatoes are often less expensive.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Avocado oil offers health benefits, while vegetable oil is more budget-friendly.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey can add a unique flavor, while brown sugar is a cost-effective sweetener.

dried oregano

🥗Healthier: fresh oregano

💰Cheaper: Italian seasoning

Fresh oregano provides vibrant flavor, while Italian seasoning is often cheaper.

Turn on the burner and add about 1 tablespoon of olive oil to coat the bottom of the pot.

Add chopped onions to the pot and cook for 5-6 minutes until they become clear.

Prepare the Roma tomatoes by cutting out the stem portion and scoring the bottom with an X.

Drizzle olive oil and salt on the tomatoes, place them on a roasting pan, and roast in the oven at 450°F for about 25 minutes.

Remove the skins from the roasted tomatoes, noting that if some skins remain, they can be removed later from the sauce.

Add about 4 cloves of garlic to the pot with the onions and stir.

Add the roasted tomatoes to the pot, pushing them down and mushing them up with a spoon.

Pour in about 1 cup of red wine and add dried oregano, dried basil, and a little crushed red pepper to the pot.

Let the sauce simmer for anywhere from 1 hour to all day to concentrate the flavors.

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