Creamy Tomato Pasta Sauce

Blogging Marathon# 47: Week 2/ Day 2
Theme: Kid's Delight Event -- Pizza & Pasta
Dish: Creamy Tomato Pasta Sauce

Like I said in my yesterday's post, my kids love pasta and I'm always in the look out for interesting sauce recipes. Today's creamy tomato pasta sauce comes from Pioneer woman's site. I love Ree Drummond and her recipes are always easy to follow and have been a big hit in my house.

This pasta sauce could not be simpler because it uses canned tomato sauce as the base. I always have all kinds of canned tomatoes (chopped, puree, paste and so on) in my pantry, so this would be something I can see myself making quite often. Creaminess comes from the addition of heavy cream and since this dish is for kids, I was liberal in adding it to the sauce :-) If you are concerned about the calorie intake then reduce the quantity of heavy cream or use half-n-half or even milk for a lighter version.

Recipe adapted from Pioneer Woman.

Ingredients: Makes about 1 cup of sauce

Tomato Sauce - 1 15oz. can
Onion - 1 small, finely chopped
Garlic - 2 cloves
Red chili flakes - a pinch (optional)
Heavy Cream - 1/4cup
Salt & pepper - to taste
Sugar - a pinch (optional)

Method:

• In a medium size saucepan, heat 2tsp each of olive oil and unsalted butter. Add red pepper flakes, onions and crushed garlic, cook on medium flame until onions turn translucent.
• Pour in the tomato sauce, lower the heat and cook covered, stirring occasionally, until the sauce thickens, about 20~25 minutes.
• Stir in salt, pepper and sugar. Mix well and turn off the heat.
• Finally add the cream and mix well to combine. The sauce is ready to serve now!!

Linking this to Mir's 'Kid's Delight -- Pasta & Pizza' event. Valli is the brain behind Kid's Delight event.

Lets check out what my fellow marathoners have cooked today for BM# 47.