Make ahead pasta sauce
Spend a little time making this delicious, savoury pasta sauce, then freeze it in meal-sized portions so that you have fresh homemade sauce on hand at any time! Add 250g mince if you prefer a meatier sauce.
Ingredients
Serves: 32
- 4 onions, chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 green pepper, chopped
- 6 tablespoons olive oil
- 3kg chopped tomatoes
- 2 tablespoons dried oregano
- 2 tablespoons dried basil
- 4 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
- 1 tablespoon caster sugar
- 2 tablespoons salt
- 3/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Method
Prep:30min ›
Cook:3hr ›
Ready in:3hr30min
- In a slow cooker saute together the onion, garlic, green pepper and olive oil. Cook until onion is transparent.
- Add the chopped tomatoes, oregano, basil, parsley, sugar, salt and ground black pepper. Cook for 2 to 3 hours on low heat. Stir frequently.
- Let sauce cool. Pour sauce into meal-sized freezer containers. Store in freezer.
- When ready to use sauce, defrost and heat on the hob or in the microwave.
Don't have a slow cooker?
If you prefer, make this on the hob, using a large stock pot. Simmer, covered, for 1 to 2 hours on medium low heat.
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Reviews & ratings
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Reviews in English (236)
Made this last week, too much herbs for me personally, but made another batch today with less and it is great. I have about 10 freezer bags full! ready for a quick meal! - 10 Feb 2012
Excellent! I have made this for several years. I love to pile my freezer full and enjoy it all year long. I no longer make it in a crockpot. I found that the crockpot is too small and messy for the recipe. I simmer it on the stovetop in a large stock pot for a few hours. I find that the sauce becomes much thicker when I make it on the stovetop. - 28 Aug 2008 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)
I did this in a lobster pot on the stove because there isn't a crock pot big enough for the bounty of tomatoes I had from the garden this year. The seasonings for this recipe are good and proportionate, and for a meatless sauce, it is outstanding. I did not use any oil. I chop and add veggies to the pot as is. I blanched and peeled the tomatoes, though, and left them chunky. Also, I added a lot of green peppers, onions, and fresh mushrooms to make it stocky, and I added more tomato paste because I like the sauce thick. This is as good a basic recipe as I've tried. Thanks. - 22 Sep 2002 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)