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The Best Homemade Fresh Spaghetti Sauce

by Hunar Baig

This spaghetti sauce is full of flavour, uses 8 ingredients and can be made in 30 minutes or less! Fresh tomatoes, thinly sliced garlic, peppery parsley, and lots of olive oil and a couple of spices, come together to create the best homemade fresh spaghetti sauce. 

Do you have to peel tomatoes for sauce?

Yes, peeling the tomatoes gives you a smoother sauce and helps the sauce stick to the spaghetti easier. However, if you don’t want to peel to tomatoes, you can simple grate the tomatoes on a box grater. This will leave the flesh on one side and the skin on the other, the grated tomato will give you a smoother sauce and chopped tomatoes will give you a more textured sauce. Both work really well!

Ingredient Notes

The ingredients that go into this simple and delicious spaghetti sauce

Fresh Tomatoes– are the body of this sauce, using fresh tomatoes gives this sauce it’s unique fresh flavour 

Parsley– adds so much flavour, colour and freshness. I love using parsley as an ingredient in the sauce, not just as a garnish.

Garlic – which is thinly sliced, just like in Goodfellas, which gives such a rich garlic flavour without the harsh garlic burn

Sugar – will balance out the sauce and helps with any acid in the tomatoes

Salt – of course, the salt brings everything together 

Black Pepper – is so crucial, for rounding out the sauce and providing some contrast in flavour

Extra Virgin Olive Oil – what would pasta be without olive oil? I love using extra virgin, the better the quality of olive oil, the better the quality of the final dish

Cheese – gives so much flavour and saltiness, I love using a sharp cheddar but any hard cheese will perfect

Spaghetti – is my favourite pasta for this sauce, it holds the sauce so well and adds to the simplicity of this dish

Why are we adding fresh herbs to spaghetti sauce?

Adding fresh herbs will add so much flavour, texture and freshness. Using parsley as an ingredient instead of a garnish gives the sauce its unique peppery freshness.

Why do you need sugar in spaghetti sauce?

Sugar will help balance out the citric acid in the tomatoes and will help bring out more flavour in all the other ingredients. It will also help balance out the saltiness and deliver an overall well rounded flavour.

Tips and Tricks

If you don’t want to peel and chop the tomatoes, you could grate the tomatoes on a box grater instead 

Fresh basil is another great addition and could also replace the parsley if, you were in a pinch

Garnish with grated cheese, more parsley. Black pepper, salt and EVOO

Always cook the pasta in salted boiling water, making sure to stir occasionally

Watching Goodfellas while eating this will 10X your experience, guaranteed

The Best Homemade Fresh Spaghetti Sauce

Hunar Baig
This pasta sauce is fresh, simple and so delicious. It only requires 8 ingredients and less than 30 minutes to make!
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Course Main Course, Pasta
Cuisine Italian
Servings 4 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pack of spaghetti
  • 2 - 3 fresh tomatoes
  • 2 cloves fresh garlic
  • 1 handful fresh parsley
  • 1 tsp sea salt (or 1/2 tsp regular salt)
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1/3 tsp black pepper
  • Extra virgin olive oil
  • Grated cheese (I like to use cheddar cheese)

Instructions
 

  • Chop and peel the tomatoes
  • Peel and thinly slice the garlic
  • Chop up the parsley
  • Mix the tomatoes, garlic, parsley, spices and olive oil in a pan and cook on a low heat for 10 mins
  • Boil the pasta until al dente, and place aside 1/2 a cup of pasta water
  • Add the pasta water to the pan and cook the sauce on a high heat for 2 - 5 mins until everything is well cooked, fully combined and the sauce has thickened
  • Place the sauce onto the pasta then, top with more parsley, black pepper, sea salt, and more olive oil and enjoy!

Notes

This recipe is for 1 standard pack of spaghetti, which comes to around 4 servings, so you can multiply the ingredients according to how much you want to make.
Keyword Fresh, Garlic, Pasta, Tomato

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