Well haven't I been a busy little bee since my last update. Things have been absolutely hectic for the last 4 months but I have decided to keep updating every now and again with fav recipes etc.
Last night I was spending a quiet night in so took the opportunity to make one of my favourite pasta sauces. What I love most about this classic Napoletana sauce is that it can be the base for four yummy dishes! Simply serve on top of pasta with some freshly grated parmesan, use it as the base for a vegetable lasagne, add seafood marinara mix for an amazing pasta marinara or add some grilled chicken pieces and kalamata olives for a chicken cacciatore.
Because this is a sauce from scratch, it does require about 1-1.5 hours of simmering so is not always the most convenient week night meal but makes for a very impressive weekend dinner party meal!
Napoletana Pasta Sauce
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Serves: 6
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 1hr10mins - 1hr40mins
Ingredients
2 tbsp olive oil
1 x medium brown onion, finely diced
1 x clove garlic, crushed
2 x 400g can Italian Diced Tomatoes
2 tbsp Tomato Paste
1/2 cup dry white wine
1 1/2 cups water
1 tsp chicken or vegetable stock powder
2 tsp white sugar
3 x shallots, finely diced
Basil leaves, roughly chopped
Method
- Heat oil in large saucepan, add onion and cook until soft, add garlic and cook for 1 minute.
- Add in tomato, tomato paste, wine, water, stock and sugar. Stir and leave to boil.
- Once boiling, add shallots and basil, reduce heat and simmer for 1-1.5 hours depending on how thick you would like the sauce.
- Serve over pasta, add to vegetable lasagne, add seafood marinara mix for pasta marinara or add grilled chicken and kalamata olives for a cacciatore sauce.
