There's nothing like a good dish of pasta but to get there you need a good tomato sauce or as we Italians call it, Gravy. Most pasta sauce has a great deal of salt in it, which is really not needed. If the sauce is made right you will have tremendous flavor that will make your pasta come alive and dance on your tongue. The secret is in the details of the recepie.
Papa's Tomato Pasta Sauce - Serving's: 6
Per Serving: - Calories 126; Sodium 225mg;
Fat 5g; Protein 3g; Carbohydrate 14g;
Cholesterol 0mg; Dietary fiber 3mg.
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Italian Plum Tomatoes - no salt added
Tomato Paste - no salt added
Onion - chopped
Garlic - chopped
Red Bell Pepper
Crimini Mushrooms - sliced
Basil - dried
Oregano - dried
Parsley - dried
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Red Pepper Flakes
Red Wine
Water
Sugar
Sea Salt
In a large pot, put olive oil & red pepper flakes and turn heat on very low. Allow the oil and pepper to heat together for 5 minutes. Add the onion and cook on low for 20 minutes, until the onions are translucent and start to caramelize. Add the garlic and cook for 5 minutes on low. Add bell pepper, Basil, Oregano & Parsley and cook till soft, aprox 8 minutes.
You have now created your flavor foundation
and are ready to put your sauce together.
Add tomato paste and combine it with your vegetables allowing the paste a couple of minutes to heat through.
In your food processor chop plum tomatoes to make a chunky sauce.
Add tomatoes & water to pot and allow to simmer 15 minutes.
Add sliced mushrooms wine and sugar and allow sauce to simmer for 1 hour on a low heat. Cover pot leaving the lid tilted to allow air flow.
Recipes Designed To Help Lower Your Sodium For Life
A Heart Healthy Life Style
Papa T's Tomato Pasta Sauce
Recipe by
Tony LeDonne
Ingredients:
Preparing Your Ingredients
It’s important to prepare all of your ingredients before you start to cook.
Do all of your chopping, grating and pre-measuring, and you will have a great meal that is easy to make.
The ingredients listed for this recipe have been chosen to help lower
the sodium content of your final dish.
This will help you with a heart healthy life style.
Tomatoes have natural acid that needs to be balanced by using a small amount of salt. This will allow the sweetness of the tomatoes to come through and give you a well balanced sauce.
From Our Unsalted Heart To Yours...
