Healthy Tomato Pasta Sauce
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San Marzano is about 3½ inches (cm 9) long and the world's most juicy plum tomato. Its low in sugar and acid, which gives it superior flavor when cooked.
If you can, plant and grow your own at home, in your vegetable garden. Otherwise, go for the canned peeled or diced San Marzano, and belive they are better than any other canned tomatoes that you might find.
| Ingredients: for about 2 lb (kg 1) of sauce |
2 lb (kg 1) San Marzano Tomatoes1 stalk of celery1 carrot1 onion4 leaves of fresh basil2 tbsp (ml 30) olive oilsalt San Marzano Tomatoes, Whole |
 San Marzano Tomatoes, Crushed |
| Preparation: easy 30 minutes |
1. This first step is just if you use fresh tomatoes.
Blanch all the tomatoes, peel and half cut them. Squeeze lightly and let the seeds come out with some water.
2. Chop the tomatoes and put the pieces into a dish with a little salt.
Mince the carrot, celery, and onion and bring to brown in a pan with olive oil, stir now and then.
3. Drain the tomatoes from the water and add to the pan with the broken leaves of basil.
4. Cook over low heat and remember to stir often. The sauce will be ready in about 30 minutes or when the water of the tomatoes is dry.
No fresh tomatoes? Use the canned San Marzano Whole or the San Marzano Crushed. 
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