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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. In a large skillet or sauce pan sauté white onions in olive oil. | 2. Crush plum tomatoes in you hand and then add to skillet with white onions. | 3. Add crushed tomatoes and seasoning to skillet and cook covered at medium high heat for 30 minutes. Reduce heat and simmer on low for 2-1/2 hours; stirring occasionally. | 4. If you remove lid and let steam escape the sauce will thicken. Some people like it thicker. | 5. The sauce will get hotter (spicier) the longer you let simmer. | 6. The trick to hotter sauce is to add the desired crushed red pepper at the beginning. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
olive oil	1	tablespoon		119.34	0.0	0.0	13.5
white onion	1/2		diced	32.0	7.472	0.88	0.08
italian plum tomato	2	cans	peeled	-	-	-	-
tomato	1	can	crushed	62.068999999999996	13.7631	3.2384	0.5397
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
black pepper	1	teaspoon	crushed	5.773	1.4708	0.239	0.075
garlic	1	tablespoon	granulated	12.665	2.8101	0.5406	0.0425
oregano	1	tablespoon		7.95	2.0676	0.27	0.1284
red pepper flake	1	tablespoon	crushed	-	-	-	-
sugar	2	tablespoons		110.124	27.5448	0.0	0.0

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.