It’s World Pasta Day. Try This Amazing Recipe to Indulge Your Craving.
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It’s World Pasta Day! The options are endless. From the type of noodle or what’s in the sauce. There are so many ways to enjoy that yummy goodness!
But there just isn’t anything like homemade sauce. I made homemade pasta sauce for the first time this year with homegrown tomatoes, onions, garlic, and hers straight from our garden.
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Courtesy of: Shannon McGee
So, put the grocery store bottled pasta sauce back on the shelf and give this amazing recipe a try.
Here’s an amazing recipe from the blog Favorite Family Recipes:
WHAT YOU NEED
- 2-14 tomatoes (fresh, garden tomatoes work best- appx. 6-8 lbs. You can also use two 28oz. cans of San Marzano tomatoes)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 large onion chopped
- 8 ounces mushrooms fresh, chopped
- 2 teaspoons soy sauce (see notes above)
- 6 cloves garlic
- 10-12 basil leaves chopped
- 1 tablespoon oregano finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon Kosher salt (or to taste)
- 1 teaspoon pepper (or to taste)
INSTRUCTIONS
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Place tomatoes a few at a time in the water and remove after 10-15 seconds.
- Immediately place tomatoes in an ice-water bath and remove skins and stems. Cut tomatoes into fourths and place in a food processor or blender.
- Process tomatoes a few times, you want them to be the consistency of crushed tomatoes (don’t over process). Set aside.
- Heat oil in a large skillet. Add onions and sauté until they become soft and transparent.
- Add mushrooms and cook for about 2-3 minutes. Add soy sauce and garlic and continue to cook until mushrooms become soft.
- Add tomatoes, basil, oregano, brown sugar, salt and pepper.
- Bring to a simmer, stirring occasionally for at least one hour. The longer the better! Ideally 2+ hours.
- Serve over cooked pasta.
NOTES
- Make a double batch of this glorious sauce and freeze it in a freezer safe Tupperware-type container, a large freezer-safe Ziploc bag, or a glass jar. If you do go the glass jar route, make sure to leave an inch or two of space at the top of the jar so the sauce doesn’t expand and break the jar. When freezing, make sure to cool the sauce completely in the fridge before freezing. The sauce will stay nice and fresh in the freezer for up to six months.
- You may notice that soy sauce is a key ingredient in this recipe. Trust me on this. Adding soy sauce to chopped mushrooms is an old trick that a chef in Utah taught me. When you add soy sauce to mushrooms while they are cooking, it
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Shannon Renee is the morning show co-host on “The Morning Bounce” on 105.1 The Bounce. She has been with the station for the past 3 years. In addition to being an on-air host, she has a background in writing for Marketing and Promotional campaigns. As a content creator for 105.1 The Bounce, she loves writing about nature, celebrity news, events around Michigan, Metro Detroit restaurants, and local Detroit content.
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