Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, basil pesto tomato sauce. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Basil pesto tomato sauce is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Basil pesto tomato sauce is something which I have loved my whole life.
A quick-to-prepare tomato sauce flavored with pesto that is very versatile. Stir in pesto just before serving. Stir in the tomatoes, tomato paste, basil, sugar, salt and pepper.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have basil pesto tomato sauce using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Basil pesto tomato sauce:
- Take spinach
- Get diced tomatoes or substitute one small can
- Prepare package of fresh sliced mushrooms your favorite kind
- Take table spoons of minced garlic
- Get small jar of basil pesto sauce
- Get small yellow onion
- Get generous amount of Italian herb blend
- Get generous dash of black pepper to taste
- Make ready salt
- Get olive oil
- Make ready sliced or diced zucchini
- Make ready small can of tomato paste
Pesto is normally based on basil but this recipe includes passata, tomato puree and sun dried tomatoes for fabulous flavour and colour. From the good folks at Hunt's - a quick-to-make tomato sauce flavored with basil pesto. Serve over your favorite hot pasta for an easy side dish. This simple tomato based sauce flavoured with only garlic, fresh basil and a touch of oregano is as simple as it is delicious.
Instructions to make Basil pesto tomato sauce:
- Dice the onion to your preferred size. Sautee over Medium heat in a little olive oil with garlic.
- Add onion and garlic to small saucepan. Add the diced tomato and turn to medium heat. Add mushrooms, and zucchini.
- Add 1/4 cup of water, and the basil pesto sauce.
- Bring to a simmer and turn on low heat, stirring. Cover and stream the vegetables. For 2 minutes.
- Add 1/4 cup of tomato paste, the Italian herbs, salt and pepper. Add a little more water, cover and simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. For your desired consistency, add more water.
- Serve over pasta with chicken, and top with parmesan cheese. Optional lol But I think its the best way.
I stopped relying on mass produced stuff almost a decade ago once I discovered how easy it is to make my own! For a spaghetti meat sauce, try my Spaghetti Bolognese. Homemade basil pesto is so easy! Learn how to make basil pesto with this recipe, plus find tips on how to properly toss it with pasta, freeze pesto, etc. It's hot outside, so let's to talk about basil pesto!
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