/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>17299755

This is what my off-the-boat Italian grandmother used for years so I'd say your in the clear anon.

>2 cans crushed
>1 can sauce
>1 can water
>fresh basil
>onions
>garlic
>1 red bell pepper
>Sauté diced onion and bell pepper in olive oil,
>add butter and sauté garlic
>add remaining ingredients
>let simmer for 1 hour
>taste test, if too acidic add 1 tsp sugar
>EAT

>>17299755
the only way to get better tomatoes is to grow them yourself
Farmer's market tomatoes sometimes better, but only if you live close to where the farm is

>>17299755
nothing wrong really, but whole tomatoes will taste more tomato-ey in the long run

>>17299755
I’ve heard that they use thickening and clotting agents in the crushed tomato cans for consistency. It’s pretty easy to mush the whole canned tomatoes with a spatula.

>>17299780
literally no one cares

>>17299929
kys faggot

>>17299780
>butter in tomato sauce
she must have been from Val d'Aosta, I recommend against it
>cans used as units of measurement
I'm sure she fit right in with you Americans though
>1tsp sugar
that's a hell of a lot, start with much less than that
>simmer for 1h
you can do much less than that, just cook it thoroughly and reduce it to taste
also try splashing some white wine over the onion and pepper sauté

>>17299780
>red bell pepper
>butter

It’s perfectly fine, it’s just one less step when making a red sauce

>>17299780
Based grandma, triggering zoomer italians

>>17299755
Should I use 1 can of whole peeled tomatoes with 1 can of crushed tomatoes

OR

1 can whole peeled and 2 cans of tomato paste?

>>17300563
how thick do you want it?

>>17300588
meat is going in it. Chopped Italian sausage

>>17300611
go with the crushed tomatoes

>>17299755
I use a can of this for pizza sauce

>>17299929
I care, get fucked arsehole

>>17299755
Hand crushing tomatoes is just so satisfying though.
Why would you deny yourself the experience?