Baked tomato sauce - easy and nutritious recipe

Chances are you’ll want to make this roasted tomato sauce every week from now. That’s because it’s super easy to make and it’s delicious.

And the best, you can give your personal touch and make your sauce even tastier.

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Homemade Tomato Sauce

Without a doubt, there is no healthier way to consume a tomato sauce than the homemade version. Even because, that way, you will know exactly the ingredients that will be part of your sauce.

In addition, it’s a great way to serve more nutritious preparations even for those who have the most selective palate and are more resistant to consuming vegetables.

Here, for example, we use tomatoes, carrots, garlic and basil. But you could still add beets, thyme and even oregano.

You will love this roasted tomato sauce. Delicious, very easy to make and super nutritious.

How is tomato sauce made?

For this recipe you will follow 3 simple steps to have a delicious and nutritious tomato sauce. For this you will:

Select your ingredients: First of all you will choose what you will put in your sauce. And it will work even if you only use tomatoes, but without a doubt the combination we suggest is delicious);
To roast: After the ingredients have been selected and cut, you will bake them. This brings even more flavor to your sauce and the result is very good;
Process: Finally, you will process your ingredients to make your sauce. Here, we left it with a few pieces, because we liked its proposal to be more rustic, but you can beat it for longer and guarantee a very smooth sauce.

Whatever texture you choose, I don’t recommend sifting as you’ll lose a lot of fiber and your sauce will be less nutritious.

What is the best tomato to make sauce?

Without a doubt, this is very important information, since the choice of tomato affects the final result of your sauce.

And, without a doubt, my choice for making sauce is always the Italian tomato. This is because in addition to being the option with more color, it also contains less seeds, has less acidity and the pulp is very concentrated. That is, perfect for a tasty sauce.

And in my sauce I didn’t discard anything, we used tomatoes with skin and seeds. And I assure you, they don’t even appear in the final result.

Baked tomato sauce recipe

Yield: 4 servings

roasted tomato sauce

Prep Time:
5 minutes

Cook Time:
40 minutes

Additional Time:
5 minutes

Total Time:
5 minutes

Delicious, easy to make and super nutritious, this roasted tomato sauce is perfect to always have ready!

Ingredients

600 g of Italian tomato;
4 cloves of garlic;
2 tablespoons olive oil;
1 medium carrot;
1 teaspoon of salt;
1/2 cup of fresh basil.

Instructions

Start by cutting the tomatoes and carrots into cubes. Then she distributes them on a greased board with a little olive oil, trying to leave one side of the other;
Finish mixing the rest of the olive oil, garlic cloves and salt;
Take it to the oven at medium temperature, approximately 200º for 40 min or until your tomatoes are withered and the carrots soft;
If you prefer, cover your shape with aluminum paper;
After that time, take your roasted tomatoes to the processor or blender and beat until you form a sauce. Finish by adding the basil and beat just enough for it to spread throughout the sauce;
Store in airtight containers.

Notes

I prefer to roast my tomatoes without the paper, as I like the flavor better. By covering it, you will have tomatoes and carrots that are less browned, softer and possibly need less oven time;
Be very careful when processing your hot tomatoes.

How to store your homemade tomato sauce

First of all, it’s important to remember that this recipe doesn’t use preservatives, so you need to be careful to increase durability.

To begin with, store in a clean, airtight container. Preferably sterilized;
Don’t leave it out of the fridge! That sauce should go straight to the fridge as soon as it’s ready;
In the bottom part of the fridge, I recommend consuming within 5 days. If you want to freeze, consume within 30 days.

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Food processor: Here we use a food processor to process our tomatoes;
Blender: But you can definitely use a blender too!
ceramic platter: Another tip is to use a ceramic dish, or of glassfor your sauce to be even healthier;
Crockery: In the photos that illustrate this recipe, we use Oxford Porcelain tableware.