How to Make a Simple Tomato Sauce

A simple tomato sauce is one of the most basic building blocks of Italian cuisine. It is an incredible pasta sauce, a base for many baked dishes, and even a medium for cooking meatballs (see Polpette al Sugo) and other meat. However, it’s also one of the easiest dishes to mess up through over-complication.

Try to avoid the temptation to add a bunch of extra seasoning to this. Carrots, onion, spices, and so on will just end up destroying the refresh