How to Make Appetizing Spaghetti Sauce From Scratch

Spaghetti Sauce From Scratch. Easy homemade spaghetti sauce, using ingredients you probably already have in your pantry! This recipe is a family dinner staple! This flavorful spaghetti sauce from scratch is the only spaghetti sauce recipe you'll ever need!

I serve this spaghetti sauce up with my Homemade Baked Meatballs. These meatballs are full of flavor and make the perfect companion to this sauce. They also freeze quite well so you can have a complete, from scratch homemade freezer meal waiting for those hectic nights. You can cook Spaghetti Sauce From Scratch using 5 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Spaghetti Sauce From Scratch

1. It's 1 of fresh tomatoes (you'll need at about a dozen good-sized tomatoes for a pint).
2. It's 1 of fresh basil.
3. It's 1 of fresh garlic.
4. You need 1 of olive oil.
5. You need 1 of salt and pepper.

Watch the video below where I. This spaghetti sauce from scratch will have a bolder, more flavorful taste than it's store-bought counterpart, especially if you used homegrown tomatoes. You could also use Home Canned Tomatoes in this recipe if you don't have fresh on hand in the winter. If your family needs meat in the meal.

Spaghetti Sauce From Scratch instructions

1. Bring a large pot of water to a boil..
2. While the water is heating, Score an "x" into each end of each tomato using a sharp knife..
3. Submerge the scored tomatoes, a few at a time, into the boilling water for about 20-30 seconds. (This will make it easy to peel the tomatoes.).
4. Allow the tomatoes to cool, then remove the tomato skins..
5. Cut the tomatoes into quarters and remove the seeds and core. You want to remove most of the liquid in the tomato for a thick sauce..
6. Heat olive oil in a large pan or dutch oven..
7. Add garlic (smashed or chopped) to the oil, stirring constantly so it doesn't burn. Use 2-3 cloves for a small batch, or to taste..
8. Add peeled and seeded tomatoes and stir, breaking them up as they start to break down..
9. Add chopped basil and salt and pepper to taste. If it needs sweetness, add a little sugar or honey..
10. Reduce heat to medium low and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the tomatoes have broken down into a thick sauce. Depending on the number of tomatoes, this will take between 20 - 45 minutes. The longer you simmer, the thicker the sauce will be..
11. Serve immediately, or store in the refrigerator in pint jars. To preserve the sauce, process in a pressure canner on high for 20 minutes..

Fresh basil in spaghetti sauce is a must in my book. How to Make Spaghetti Sauce from Scratch. My Mama Iuliucci's "Don't Skip a Step" Spaghetti Sauce. Keep this on hand at all times. While "Nonna's Recipe" is still the gold standard of pasta sauce in our family, I'm not sure I'm allowed to share the secret recipe so I'm sharing my variations instead.