• @Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    34 months ago

    Amen to that. But I can’t do jar/bottled sauce so if I want easy noodles, it’s cook noodles, leave some pasta water after draining, throw in some butter at the end to make it thicc, then serve topped with olive oil/red pepper flakes/salt/pepper/parmigiano Reggiano (all things I make sure I always have in stock always)

    I also keep a stack of cans of San Marzano tomatoes to make a red sauce any time I want, but that takes a couple hours instead of 20 minutes.

    • @ThisIsNotHim@sopuli.xyz
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      34 months ago

      There are good sauces you can make from canned tomatoes in 20 minutes (depending on your prep speed).

      My go tos are Putanesca & Vodka sauce, but there’s a lot more you can do. Mark Bittman’s How to Cook Everything has a simple recipe and then a big list of variants, most of which can be done in 20 minutes.

      • @Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        24 months ago

        Noted, thank you! I have a specific sauce I like to make, and I like it best simmered for a couple hours in a Dutch oven hahaha

    • @DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com
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      24 months ago

      Most of the sauce we use is home made. My FIL makes it every year and always gives us boxes of it. Way better than shop bought sauce.