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Mom's Pasta Sauce

Mom's Pasta Sauce Recipe

John Rush
This is my mom's classic Italian vegan pasta sauce recipe. It's actually a big batch of my Italian mom's pasta sauce made in under an hour! This is one of my mom's classic Italian recipes that has been in the family for generations. Tomato sauce is great because it's so versatile! Put it over pasta, use it as a base for pizza, dip mozzarella sticks in it, the possibilities are endless!
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Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 40 mins
Total Time 55 mins
Course Sauce
Cuisine Italian, Vegan
Servings 18 cups
Calories 76 kcal

Equipment

  • Pot
  • Food Processor
  • Immersion Hand Blender

Ingredients
 
 

  • 5 cans Tomato Sauce Hunt's
  • 1 cup Carrots chopped
  • 1.5 cups Onion chopped
  • 1 cup Celery chopped
  • ¼ cup Red Pepper chopped
  • 1 tsp Garlic minced
  • 2.5 tsp Italiano Spice Club House
  • ⅛ tsp Cayenne Pepper
  • 1 pinch Celery Salt
  • 1 pinch Dry Basil
  • 2 tsp Garlic Powder
  • 1 tbsp Ground Black Pepper
  • ¼ tsp Salt
  • ½ tsp White Sugar
  • ½ tbsp Brown Sugar
  • 1 tbsp Olive Oil

Instructions
 

  • Chop all your vegetables and keep them seperate.
  • Add onion to the food processor to mince. Once minced remove and put in a bowl. Repeat for carrots, celery and red pepper. Placing them each in their own bowls.
  • In a large pot heat olive oil on medium heat and add minced onions. Saute until translucent, about 4 minutes, being careful not to brown.
  • Add minced carrots and celery and saute mixture another 4 minutes. Again, do not brown.
  • Add minced red pepper and cook an additional 2 minutes.
  • Stir in garlic and cook for 1 minute.
  • Stir in white sugar cooking another 1 minute.
  • Add Italiano spice, cayenne pepper, celery salt, dry basil, garlic powder and salt & pepper to pot and stir in. Being careful not to let it brown.
  • Once spices are stirred and become aromatic add all 5 cans of tomato sauce to the pot and stir the pot well.
  • Bring sauce to a gentle boil and then stir in brown sugar.
  • Reduce the sauce to a simmer, stirring frequently for 25 minutes.
  • Remove from heat. Use a hand blender to create smooth and even sauce.

Pups Notes

  • Read full instructions in the blog post, as there are some tricks to perfecting the sauce!
  • Mom swears by Hunt's tomato sauce and Club House Italiano Blend. If you can find those use them. I don't make the rules but mom is never wrong!

Nutrition

Serving: 1cupCalories: 76kcalCarbohydrates: 15gProtein: 2gFat: 1gSodium: 722mgPotassium: 520mgFiber: 3.5gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 1634.5IUCalcium: 12.3mgIron: 0.2mg
Keyword Italian, Tomato sauce, vegan
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