IS TOMATO SAUCE THE SAME AS TOMATO PUREE RECIPES

Steps:

• Bring a pot of water to a boil. Have ready a large bowl of iced water. Plunge whole tomatoes in boiling water until skin starts to peel, 1 minute. Remove with slotted spoon and place in ice bath. Let rest until cool enough to handle, then remove peel and squeeze out seeds. Chop 8 tomatoes and puree in blender or food processor. Chop remaining two tomatoes and set aside.
• In a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat, cook onion, bell pepper, carrot and garlic in oil and butter until onion starts to soften, 5 minutes. Pour in pureed tomatoes. Stir in chopped tomato, basil, Italian seasoning and wine. Place bay leaf and whole celery stalks in pot. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low, cover and simmer 2 hours. Stir in tomato paste and simmer an additional 2 hours. Discard bay leaf and celery and serve.

Steps:

• To make spaghetti with tomato sauce , start by preparing the sauce. Pour the extra virgin olive oil in a pan with the peeled and halved garlic clove 1 , so you can remove the core and make the scent more delicate. Cook for 2 minutes over high heat, add the peeled tomatoes 2 and salt 3 .
• Cover with a lid and cook for at least 1 hour over very low heat: the sauce should simmer gently 4 . Mix it from time to time. After this time, remove the garlic 5 and pass the tomatoes through a sieve 6 to obtain a smooth and homogeneous puree.
• Pour the sauce 7 back into the pan, turn the heat to very low and add the basil leaves 8 . After a few minutes, turn off the sauce and keep it warm. All you have to do now is cook the pasta in plenty of boiling salted water 9 .
• Drain the spaghetti al dente directly into the sauce 10 and stir for a few moments over high heat to mix everything together 11 . Your spaghetti with tomato sauce is ready, all you have to do is serve it, garnished with fresh basil to taste 12 !