Authentic Italian sauce from scratch

Homemade tomato Sauce is one of the main staples in Italian culture and cuisine. There are many ways to make Italian tomatoes sauce and in Italy every family as its own recipe. To prepare homemade tomato sauce from scratch you will need plum tomatoes, the best quality for processing, canning and preserving the goodness of these vegetables. San Marzano is a high-quality tomato variety that has to grow in the Sarno Valley in Italy, in order to receive this name and the DOP symbol. I must confess that homemade authentic Italian sauce from scratch is something deeply embedded in my childhood memory. This recipe is gluten-free, suitable for vegetarians and vegans. It is packed with antioxidants and vitamins and it is low in calories. If you want to add your own signature touch to the sauce, you can by using different spices and herbs when you will warm up your sauce to use it in different recipes. Here some suggestions to make incredible classic Italian recipe using this sauce:
- Adding fresh basil leaves will give you a great sauce for Pasta alla Norma or Traditional Italian Eggplant Parmesan.
- Chill flakes or whole dried spicy peppers, which you can use to toss a plate of spaghetti.
- Fresh or dried herbs such as oregano, thyme, marjoram: great to stew some meats in, for example, my Easy Italian Meatballs.