My family’s secret homemade spaghetti sauce is easy to make using a few staple ingredients you may already have on hand! Perfectly thick and packed with flavor, you’ll be ditching that store bought pasta sauce! #pastasauce #tomatosauce #spaghetti #spaghettisauce

1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil (I used Private Reserve Greek extra virgin olive oil)
1 medium yellow onion, grated
3 garlic cloves, finely minced
2 carrots, finely grated (use a food processor or a grater)
28 oz canned crushed tomatoes
1/2 cup water (pasta cooking water, preferred)
Kosher salt and black pepper
1 tbsp dried oregano
1 tsp sweet Spanish paprika
Pinch red pepper flakes, optional
Handful fresh basil, about ½ cup packed, torn
Handful fresh parsley, about ½ cup packed, chopped

To Serve:
3/4 lb to 1 lb of cooked pasta of your choice

the sauiest of all pasta sauces the king of all spaghetti sauces that’s right this is my family’s secret spaghetti sauce and it is the one you’ll be making on repeat it’s the real deal warm up some extra virgin olive oil dump in your onion garlic and yes carrots which will give your sauce some natural sweetness and also some good body it will make it thick and luscious so good go ahead and add your tomatoes crush them up with your spoon then season simply you know with a dash of oregano some fresh herbs the whole works allow the sauce to sit and simmer while you work on your pasta grab some of that pasta water don’t forget to add it to your sauce and then add in your pasta

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  1. Oh my God that looks fabulous. I'm gonna say it looks just as good or better than my Italian sauce. Thanks so much Susie you're the best. God bless you.

  2. 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil (I used Private Reserve Greek extra virgin olive oil)
    1 medium yellow onion, grated
    3 garlic cloves, finely minced
    2 carrots, finely grated (use a food processor or a grater)
    28 oz canned crushed tomatoes
    1/2 cup water (pasta cooking water, preferred)
    Kosher salt and black pepper
    1 tbsp dried oregano
    1 tsp sweet Spanish paprika
    Pinch red pepper flakes, optional
    Handful fresh basil, about ½ cup packed, torn
    Handful fresh parsley, about ½ cup packed, chopped

    To Serve:
    3/4 lb to 1 lb of cooked pasta of your choice

  3. From a Calabrese , and we make a sauce hard to beat ,
    You can add carrots but only if dealing with heart burn and a good size clove of garlic maybe 2 . Tomatoes should be San Marzano . Basil , ya , origano ya , a little more olive oil to the passata, and some hot peperoncini 🌶️

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