Basic Tomato Sauce

An excellent basic tomato sauce can be made from fresh tomatoes throughout the year, but the price of fresh tomatoes in the winter may make it a bit of a luxury. If you make a sauce out of canned tomatoes you will achieve a very predictable flavour whatever you add to it. The same applies to tomato paste or purée. They all have their uses, but can be over-used in the kitchen. The recipe for basic tomato sauce has many variations.