Tomato and parmesan pasta sauce

I absolutely love Italian food and pasta most of all. I could eat pasta every day for a very long time and not get tired of it. Not only because I love it so much, but also because there’s so many different ways of preparing pasta sauces out there.

For a while now I’ve tried to make my own pasta sauce. Most times I failed miserably until I made this one! Admittedly, it’s not as great as your real, delicious Italian sauce but it’s a great sauce nonetheless. My family loved it and to me, that’s the most important thing, really. So, I hope you will enjoy it too. Here it is.

Tomato and parmesan pasta sauce
Serves: 10

Ingredients

• 800 gram canned tomato (2 cans 400 gram, try to get them “diced” if possible)
• 65 gram tomato paste
• 125 gram crème fraîche
• 150 gram carrot – cut into cubes
• 100 gram parmesan cheese
• 1 onion – chopped
• 2 gloves garlic – chopped
• ½ yellow pepper – cut into cubes
• ± 4 tablespoons Fresh basil
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon thyme
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• ½ teaspoon salt

Note: You need a kitchen blender for this recipe

Directions

1. Heat the olive oil in a pan over medium heat. Add the garlic and fry for about 30 seconds. Add the carrot, onion, pepper and cook for about 5 minutes.
2. Add the thyme and oregano and cook for another 5 minutes.
3. Add the canned tomato, tomato paste, sugar and salt. Stir well before adding the crème fraîche. Let the sauce simmer for another 5 minutes.
4. Add the basil and parmesan to the sauce before pouring it into the kitchen blender. Blend until the sauce is smooth but with a few small chunks of vegetable.
5. If you want, add a bit of corn starch to thicken the sauce.
6. Serve the sauce with tortellini, they go great together!

~ Enjoy!