Basic Pasta Sauce—Nothing Fancy Here!

Name: Basic Pasta Sauce—Nothing Fancy Here!
Yield: makes about 3 1/2 cups
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons olive oil; 1 medium white onion, chopped; 1/4 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley; One 28-ounce can crushed tomatoes in purée; 4 cloves garlic, minced; 1 stalk celery, minced; 1 teaspoon dried basil; 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano; 1 teaspoon salt; 3/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

January 24, 2012

Cooks' Note

If you wish to add meat to the sauce, cut it into bite-size pieces and brown well. Add the meat to the sauce after sautéeing the onion and parsley and increase the amount of time the sauce simmers to about 30 minutes. Served over pasta made from stone-ground wholewheat flour, this would serve 4 to 6.

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