On Tomato Sauce and Red Wine:
A lot of people put red wine in a tomato sauce for pasta after they have sauteed veggies and added the tomatoes. This is great, especially if there is meat in the sauce, but there is another way that is particularly good for a vegetarian tomato sauce for pasta.
After you saute your veggies (onion, celery, zucchini, etc.) in olive oil, add about 1/4 of red wine. Let it bubble and boil for a few minutes until it reduces to a thick glaze around the vegetables or a syrupy sauce. Then add the tomatoes and cook as normal. The red wine taste will be dispersed through the sauce in a completely different way. I don't do it like this all the time, but it is a nice change and definitely adds a different bite to the sauce.
A lot of people put red wine in a tomato sauce for pasta after they have sauteed veggies and added the tomatoes. This is great, especially if there is meat in the sauce, but there is another way that is particularly good for a vegetarian tomato sauce for pasta.
After you saute your veggies (onion, celery, zucchini, etc.) in olive oil, add about 1/4 of red wine. Let it bubble and boil for a few minutes until it reduces to a thick glaze around the vegetables or a syrupy sauce. Then add the tomatoes and cook as normal. The red wine taste will be dispersed through the sauce in a completely different way. I don't do it like this all the time, but it is a nice change and definitely adds a different bite to the sauce.
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