I went to Whole Foods on Saturday and actually stuck to my budget and not surprising, not sure what I purchased smh. One thing that I did get for a first time was the home made linguine. In all my years, I have NEVER tasted home made from scratch pasta and let me just say, don't let me get a pasta machine, because it will be a wrap lol.
This sauce is fairly easy and all you'll need is a pot, your knife and a blender
(if you have a handy dandy veggie chopper, use that, but I like chopping my own vegetables)
Cocoa's Pasta Sauce
Ingredients
* 1 Can whole Roma tomatoes - unsalted w/ Basil (find one that you like, I used the Trader Joes brand - you can use fresh tomatoes, but this is of course if you have time
* 1 tsp basil (I have these Basil cubes that are kept frozen (BEST THING EVER)
* 1 chopped whole medium sized onion
* 1 half green pepper
* 3 gloves of garlic
* 1/2 tsp sugar
* salt and pepper (season to taste)
* oregano
* Cayenne Pepper (you do not have to do this!)
* 1 tblsp Olive Oil
* 1 small can of tomato paste
Directions
1. Chop your vegetables
2. Remove tomatoes from can and add to blender - I like a chunky sauce so I didn't puree it - just used the Food Chop setting for less than a minute
3. Pre Heat oil in pot and add your vegetable
4. Let vegetables sweat (Sweating helps to draw out moisture from the aromatics and weaken and soften the cell walls.)
5. Add tomato paste to the vegetables and stir, I tend to add a couple tablespoons of water to break down the paste because it is really thick. Mix well
6. Add tomatoes from the blender and stir
7. Season w/ Salt, pepper, oregano, cayenne - Before you add the sugar, make sure you taste it because sometimes you do not need it.
8. Bring to a boil then let simmer for about 10 minutes, but make sure that the sauce does not stick
9. Add meatballs or sausage and BAM!
I have to toot my horn for this one because it was DELICIOUS!
Pics below
Pot and Blender
Sauce
Meatballs
Sauce w/ meatballs
Dinner is served
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