Pasta sauce with fresh tomatoes

1. You can choose to remove the skin from the tomatoes or to leave it on. If you remove the skin you will get a smoother sauce. I don’t mind having tomato skins in my sauce so I leave them on.
2. If you are going to remove the skin: make an x in the bottom of the tomatoes with a knife and put them into a pot with boiling water for half a minute. Fish them out of the water with a spatula and put them into a bowl with cold water immediately. After that you can easily remove the skins.
3. Cut the tomatoes into cubes. Some people also remove the seeds from the tomatoes to get a very smooth sauce. I prefer using as much of the tomato as possible, so I don’t remove them.
4. Heat 1 tbsp of olive oil in a pan. When the oil is hot, add 1 clove of garlic and fry for 2 minutes. Remove the garlic from the oil and throw away.
5. Add the tomatoes, 1 tbsp Italian herbs, 1 tbsp red wine vinegar and a pinch of salt. Leave the tomatoes to simmer for 10-15 minutes until they have softed completely. Use a hand blender to make it into a smooth sauce. Taste and season with pepper and salt.
6. Now you can prepare your pasta dish as you would normally do. I start with frying the meat, if I am using meat. When the meat is cooked, I add low FODMAP vegetables, such as bell pepper, carrot and canned mushrooms. I fry them for a few minutes until they have softened. Then I add my homemade pasta sauce. I heat it for a few minutes and season with some more pepper, salt and Italian herbs if necessary. At the same time I cook the pasta. I serve the pasta with the sauce and some grated cheese.

Pasta sauce with tomato passata

1. Heat 1 tbsp of olive oil in a pan. When the oil is hot, add 1 clove of garlic and fry for 2 minutes. Remove the garlic from the oil and throw away.
2. Add the sieved tomatoes, 1 tbsp Italian herbs, 1 tbsp red wine vinegar and a pinch of salt. Leave to simmer for a few minutes until the sauce is warm. Taste and season with salt and pepper.
3. Because this sauce is very easy to make, I usually don’t make it separately, as I did with the first sauce that I make from scratch. I start with heating 1 tbsp of olive oil in a pan and I make the low FODMAP garlic oil. Then I fry the meat, if I use meat, in the oil. I add low FODMAP vegetables of choice, such as carrot, paprika and canned mushrooms. I fry them for a few minutes. Then I make the simple sauce as described in step 1 and 2.