How to make authentic Italian spaghetti sauce (gravy) from scratch

canned tomatoes

🥗Healthier: fresh tomatoes

💰Cheaper: crushed tomatoes

Fresh tomatoes enhance flavor, while crushed tomatoes are budget-friendly.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast offers a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

Heat 1/4 cup olive oil in a large sauce pot over low temperature.

Add chopped garlic to the olive oil and brown it.

Chop half an onion and two sticks of celery into long cuts, then add them to the pot with the browned garlic.

Blend 6 pounds 6 ounces of whole tomatoes in a blender until pureed.

Add the pureed whole tomatoes to the pot.

Open a number 10 can of tomato sauce (6 pounds 10 ounces) and pour it into the pot.

Use a tablespoon to extract tomato paste from a can, adding it to the sauce.

Add 1 tablespoon of finely ground basil and 2 tablespoons of leafy oregano to the sauce.

Simmer the sauce for about 3 hours until it thickens.

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