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This week's recipe: Tastier tomato sauce
 
 

There are so many basic recipes that can be improved with a simple change of ingredients, like a homemade stock for tastier gravy, vinegar instead of oil with fresh tomatoes, and a tin of black beans for richer chocolate cake.

When it comes to tomato sauce, many would argue that buying it from the supermarket warrants the most delicious pasta dishes.

But chefs, including 101 Cookbooks founder Heidi Swanson, would disagree.

She says that just one ingredient can transform a humble tin of crushed tomatoes into a "bright and juicy" sauce.

Heidi's secret is simple: lemon zest brightens tomatoes without making the sauce too lemony or acidic.

 

 
 
Spaghetti in tomato sauce on fork up close
 
 

Ingredients

  • 60ml extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1.5 teaspoons of red pepper flakes, or to taste
  • Half a teaspoon of fine sea salt
  • Three medium garlic cloves, finely chopped
  • One (28-ounce/794g) can crushed red tomatoes with no added herbs or seasonings (basil is okay)
  • Zest of one lemon
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
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