The Pasta Sauce Recipe of Dreams

“I don’t want pasta tonight” — said no one ever…

To me, there is NOTHING better than a simple tomato sauce pasta. When made with fresh summer tomatoes, something so simple can be utterly mind blowing. This time, I wanted to make a tomato sauce as simply as possible. No tomato paste, no anchovies, just using the staple pantry ingredients I always have. SO this is what I came up with and I have 0 regrets with how well it turned out.

Ingredients:

• 6-8 fresh roma tomatoes from the farmer’s market

• 2-3 cloves of garlic

• 1/2 diced onion

• Handful of basil, thyme, or oregano (even better, combo of all three)

• 1 tbsp miso paste

• 1 tbsp salt

• 1 tbsp butter

Instructions:

• Add the diced garlic and onion to a pot that’s been generously lubed with olive oil (yes I said that okay)

• Slice up the tomatoes, saving all the juices and add to the pot

• Give the tomatoes a stir and let everything come to a boil, then lower the heat to low and cover with a lid

• Let it simmer for a total of 20 mins, giving it a gentle stir every 10 mins

• Next add in the herbs and stir the miso paste into the sauce by pushing the paste through a strainer and directly into the mushy tomatoes

• Let it simmer for another 15 mins and finally add in a knob of butter and season with salt to taste — I ended up adding about 1 tbsp

• Keep in the fridge for up to a week or consume it immediately with a handful of pasta