Quick tomato sauce

About

A cooked tomato sauce used as a pasta and braise building block. The basic level stays close to crushed tomato, aromatics, and a short simmer.

History Unverified

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Tomato sauces appear across Mediterranean and later global cuisines after the tomato’s adoption in Europe. This entry does not pin a single origin story.

Sources

• General culinary history of tomato cookery

Skill ladder

• L1 Quick tomato sauce · this page
• L2 Classic tomato sauce
• L3 Passed tomato sauce
• L4 Expert milled tomato sauce

Uses

• Extra-virgin olive oil 30 g
• Minced garlic 8 g
• Crushed tomato 500 g
• Salt 5 g

Preparations used

• Minced garlic

Used in

• Gnocchi al pomodoro dish
• Advanced Gnocchi al pomodoro dish
• Classic Gnocchi al pomodoro dish
• Gołąbki dish
• Advanced Gołąbki dish
• Classic Gołąbki dish
• İskender plate dish
• Weeknight lasagna dish
• Matambre a la pizza dish
• Advanced Matambre a la pizza dish
• Classic Matambre a la pizza dish
• Meatballs in tomato sauce dish
• Milanesa napolitana dish
• Advanced Milanesa napolitana dish
• Classic Milanesa napolitana dish
• Advanced moussaka dish
• Classic moussaka dish
• Pizza Margherita dish
• Wood-fired style Margherita dish
• Weeknight pizza Margherita dish
• Classic pizza Margherita dish
• Expert wood-fired Margherita dish
• Ratatouille side dish
• Advanced Ratatouille side dish
• Classic Ratatouille side dish
• Set polenta with sauce dish
• Fine tomato pasta dish
• Expert milled tomato sauce plate dish
• Turkey meatballs dish
• Giouvetsi dish

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