definitive tomato sauce/base

[angelbabies]

hi sorry if this is a really noddy question but i'm looking for a recipe for a tomato sauce/base that i could make as a batch and use for pasta, pizza and bolognase (i'm no cook at all but have learnt some stuff for the sake of my angels so not sure about the last one). but you all sound so good at recipes so can someone please help. got recipes in ak books but confused which one to use - just need a staple sauce i can use for various meals - simple is best in my case

[acad]

I make this one and it's so so simple, lovely on pizza or pasta (think it might be JO's but i think it's a pretty common sauce)

Garlic
onions
tinned toms or fresh toms
basil

Cook the garlic and onions in olive oil untill soft
add the toms and basil once heated thru blend it

[linnij]

Hi, I use jar of passatta or tin plum tomatoes (cos they're peeled), garlic, powder or clove, peppers, courgette any other veg you want that can be blended.

Gently fry in v small amount of butter or oil all the veg and garlic til soft.
Add tomatoes, simmer for a while.
Blitz with a hand blender til smooth.
My 10 month and 3 yr old love this on pasta, pizza and on tortilla chips to mke nachos xxx

[Bubba82]

i made a scrummy Gordon Ramsey pizza sauce last night, here it is:

2 cloves of garlic, finley chopped
1 onion, finley chopped
100g cherry tomatos
1 tin chopped tomatos
1tbsp tomato puree

fry the onion & garlic in 2tbsp olive oil until soft then add the cherry toms, tinned toms & tom puree mix well and simmer until thickened

easy peasy lemon squeezey

[DrP]

I do mine with fresh tomatoes most of the time, tinned when I'm feeling lazy.

I'd usually use :

2-3 (or more) cloves of garlic, finely chopped or crushed
1 large onion, finely chopped
1dsp olive oil
5-6 tomatoes skinned or 1 tin tomatoes
fresh / dried herbs (thyme, oregano, parsely, basil)
1/2 tsp sugar

Saute off the onion and garlic in the olive oil till soft. Chop and add the tomatoes and dried herbs if you are using them and the sugar. Add a dash of water (with the fresh tomatoes only) and simmer for 15-20 mins or until nicely tickened. Add a dash of water from time to time if it seems too dry.

If I am belnding it down to make a smoother sauce then I remove the seeds from the tomatoes before I use them.

I sometimes replace the dash of water with red wine.

[angelbabies]

hello thank you for all these think i'me going to "combine" everyones advice - i will soften onion and garlic in little butter, add bottle of organic passata and maybe a tin or two of plum tomatoes (to make a decent amount batch for freezing) with some dried mixed herbs and simmer for a while then puree. then i will steam some frozen mixed veg and puree with half the tom sauce and freeze separately so got two types to play with. and hopefully i've then got sauce for pasta, sauce for pizza and a suace to make up meals for ds (nearly 8 months). might even get away with using for spag bol. thats the theory anyway.