# Tomato and Chilli Pasta Sauce

This recipe compares a shop-bought tomato and chili pasta sauce to a homemade version, highlighting the differences in ingredients, taste, and price, with the homemade version being superior in flavor and cost-effectiveness.

- Servings: 3 servings
- Total time: 30 min
- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 tin chopped tomatoes
- 1 onion
- 1 garlic clove
- 1 dried chilli
- 30 ml olive oil
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 tsp chilli flakes

## Instructions

1. Add a tin of high-quality chopped tomatoes to a saucepan.
2. Add a peeled onion to the saucepan.
3. Add a crushed garlic clove to the saucepan.
4. Add a dried chili to the saucepan.
5. Pour two tablespoons of olive oil into the saucepan.
6. Add a pinch of salt to the saucepan.
7. Stir the ingredients in the saucepan with a wooden spoon.
8. Let the sauce simmer for about 20 to 30 minutes until it looks thick and red.
9. Remove the onion from the sauce using a wooden spoon.
10. Remove the garlic from the sauce using a wooden spoon.
11. Remove the dried chili from the sauce using a wooden spoon.
12. Add chili flakes to the sauce.
13. Stir the chili flakes into the sauce.
14. Heat the shop-bought sauce in a saucepan.
15. Add the homemade sauce to cooked pasta in a metal mixing bowl.
16. Stir the homemade sauce with the pasta.
17. Serve the pasta with homemade sauce on a plate.
18. Grate cheese over the pasta with homemade sauce.

## Equipment

- saucepan
- wooden spoon
- bowl
- metal mixing bowl
- grater

## Tips

- For the homemade sauce, use high-quality tomatoes, ideally those that are around 99% tomatoes, like Mutti brand.
- You can adjust the amount of chili flakes to make the sauce as spicy as you like; a teaspoon makes it quite spicy.
- After simmering, remove the onion, garlic, and dried chili from the homemade sauce.
- The homemade sauce is a vegan and healthier spin on the Marcella Hazan recipe, using olive oil instead of butter.

## Source

- Original video: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGdkr8UKG/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/ae04e8fe-3250-4a4b-bd11-8503e6bde359
- Extracted: 2025-09-26

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