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- [Suzy] What's up guys,
Suzy here with themediterraneandish.com.
I am about to show you my easy go-to homemade pasta sauce,
so let's get to it.
My secret ingredient to give
our pasta sauce some sweetness is carrots.
These have been very finely grated using my food processor.
Otherwise I've got onion and garlic
and some basil and parsley,
it is a flavor party going on in this pasta sauce.
Let's hit the pan.
On medium high heat I'm using
a generous drizzle of extra virgin olive oil,
I'm using Private Reserve you guys,
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Onions.
You know carrots and garlic go in.
So this is about two big carrots, makes it nice and sweet.
(pan sizzles)
So we're just giving it a quick sauté in here,
maybe four to five minutes on medium high heat
till nice and fragrant.
Crushed canned tomatoes go in.
And don't waste this little bit,
we're gonna grab some water.
Add a little bit of water.
Keep this for later.
I am using canned tomatoes
because they are so easy and convenient
and I always have them on hand.
And you guys, nobody will know the difference.
So you don't need to wait for tomatoes to be in season.
And from here we're gonna season this sauce.
Salt and pepper, a little bit of dry oregano,
some sweet Spanish paprika
which I find adds some depth
to all sorts of things, including this sauce,
so about a teaspoon or so.
Gonna give this a nice stir.
The last thing we need to add here
is just a bit of parsley and basil.
Little optional ingredient, crushed red pepper flakes
and it's looking nice and bubbly.
All right, we're gonna turn this baby down,
let it simmer about, oh, 15, 20 minutes
and let's get to our pasta.
I've got a pot of boiling water and some spaghetti.
Boiling salted water, by the way you guys.
Lots of salt, so good.
Ooh!
Hot, hot!
Put this guy back.
Okay.
So you guys, the pasta is not fully, fully cooked,
it's just about cooked.
I'm gonna let it finish cooking in my sauce.
Can you see me?
(blows air)
Can you see me?
All right, let's go back to the stove.
All right, let's check on this saucy sauce,
ooh, looking good.
And as always when you're working with pasta,
save a little bit of pasta water
in case you need it for the sauce.
Like I said, the pasta is just about done.
I'm gonna let it finish cooking in the sauce
so it will absorb all these beautiful flavors.
Just, you know, give the pasta some love in the sauce
that you worked so hard on
and it took you 15 minutes you know.
I really never understood the thing where you like,
cook the pasta then you add the sauce on top.
I really like for my pasta to kinda
grab on to as much as the sauce as possible.
This is where all the goodness is.
Couple minutes maybe, really is all it needs
to grab onto that beautiful flavor.
And that's it for my easy homemade pasta sauce.
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