Homemade Red Pasta Sauce

Easy homemade pasta sauce

Last week, I bought too many tomatoes. This makes the perfect opportunity to make homemade tomato sauce!I started early this morning. First, I wedged the tomatoes. Two of us are eating dinner, so I only used 2 whole tomatoes. I also diced up about 1/4 cup of white onion. I placed the tomatoes and onions in an oven safe baking dish. Next, I spooned out about a teaspoon of garlic. I poured about 1/4 cup of olive oil over the top of my veggies and lightly tossed the mixture.

Next, I poured about 1/4 cup of red cooking wine into my oven safe container and placed the seasoned tomatoes in the oven to roast. I roasted the tomatoes at 375° for about an hour. While the tomatoes were in the oven,  I went outside and picked fresh basil and rosemary from the garden. I grabbed about 3 large basil leaves and 1 sprig of rosemary. I washed and chopped the herbs.
I transferred the tomatoes into a sauce pan and added the herbs. I placed the saucepan on the stove on medium heat, enough to start a small boil.

Now, its time for the taste test! My sauce was very acidic. I added 1 tablespoon of vodka and 1 tablespoon of sugar. This helped cut that acidic taste. I also julienned 1 whole carrot and added this to the saucepan. I simmered the sauce for about another 20 minutes.

I tasted the sauce again and it was perfect! I used our hand blender and smoothed out the chunks of vegetable.

I cannot wait to get home from work to finish making dinner! My husband is going to love this!