A Night in Italy: Homemade Tomato "Red" Sauce

Tonight I decided to take a little trip to Italy... well not really, but I did decide to have a Italian dinner!  I found our old pasta maker and made my own pasta. It was so easy and fun to make it and then let it dry out during the day. 

The Pasta Drying

Not only did I make my own pasta, but I also chose to make my own tomato sauce. Some know it as "red" sauce or even marinara sauce. All ingredients especially the spices, onion and garlic can be changed based on your personal liking. I like a lot of garlic and onion, so I added a good amount.


 Here is a simple and quick sauce to put with any type of pasta. You can even use it was a dip for some yummy garlic bread!

Enjoy!

-Kym's Kitchen


Kym's Homemade Tomato "Red" Sauce
(from: Kym's Kitchen)

The Final Product

Ingredients:

2 cans of tomato soup
1 onion, diced
4 cloves of garlic, roughly chopped
1 can of water (use an empty tomato soup can)
1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
basil (to taste)
cilantro (to taste)
oregano (to taste)
2 tomatoes, diced
butter
1 tsp corn starch (if needed)

Instructions:

1. Heat the onions, garlic and butter in a pot until the onions are translucent.
2. Add in the tomato soup and water then stir.  Bring that to a simmer.
3. Next add in the spices and balsamic vinegar. If the sauce seems to runny, then you can add in the corn starch until it thickens to your liking.
4. Lastly add in the diced tomatoes. Let that simmer for a few minutes so that they cook down a little.