Easy Solar Pasta Sauce Recipe

I don’t know why anyone buys pre-made pasta sauce. My best guess is that they have the mistaken idea that it is complicated to make and has to cook for hours. This solar pasta sauce recipe will blow you away.

Cooking for hours may be true of Bolognese, a sauce that needs to simmer for three hours and for which there are as many recipes as there are cooks, but ‘pasta al sugo di pomodoro e basilico’ (pasta with tomato and basil sauce) is so easy to make that even the biggest Italian mamma’s boys, the ones that still live with their parents at 30 and have never made a bed or done a load of laundry in their lives, can pull it off.

The Solar Pasta Sauce is Only 5 Ingredients

Yes, only 5 including the salt, and is ready in twenty minutes. In the solar oven it may take a little longer, say 30 minutes, but on the plus side you won’t have tomato splatter to clean up.

Olive oil (2 tbsp)

Garlic (2 cloves) peeled, cut in half lengthwise, sprout removed

Canned tomatoes (3 cups) - Strained, whole, or crushed. Look for a brand of tomatoes that contain only one ingredient -tomatoes. No salt, no citric acid, no seasonings. I’ve never found a non-Italian brand that has none of these.

Fresh basil leaves (¼ cup) torn into ½ inch pieces

Salt (½ tsp)

This Recipe is found in the Original Sun Oven Cookbook (only at Amazon)

Sun Oven Cookbook : Original Edition: 350+ Solar Recipes for Chefs of All Cooking Levels

• Fay, Matthew M (Author)
• English (Publication Language)
• 418 Pages - 06/01/2021 (Publication Date) - Independently published (Publisher)

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How to Make Easy Solar Pasta Sauce

1. Set Sun Oven out to preheat.
2. Place oil and garlic in a lightweight pot and place in SO.
3. When the garlic starts to turn a pale golden color, after approx. 10 minutes, stir in the tomatoes (with their juice and coarsely chopped if using whole tomatoes) and the salt.
4. Cover the pot with a dark tea towel.
5. Cook until the tomatoes have separated from the oil, 20 - 30 minutes. Remove from SO.
6. Stir in basil.
7. Makes enough sauce for 1 pound of dry pasta. Serve over cooked pasta with freshly grated parmesan cheese

Solar Pasta Sauce

This sauce is so easy to make that even the biggest Italian mamma’s boys, the ones that still live with their parents at 30 and have never made a bed or done a load of laundry in their lives, can pull it off.

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Course Main Course

Cuisine Italian, Vegetarian

Servings 6

Calories 63 kcal

Equipment

• 1 Solar Oven Sun Oven or other box type cooker

Ingredients

  

• 2 tablespoon Olive oil
• 2 Garlic cloves peeled, cut in half lengthwise, sprout removed
• 3 cups Italian canned tomatoes strained, whole, or crushed
• ¼ cup Fresh basil leaves torn into ½" pieces
• ½ teaspoon salt

Instructions

 

• Set Sun Oven out to preheat.
• Place oil and garlic in a lightweight pot and place in the solar oven.
• When the garlic starts to turn a pale golden color, after approx. 10 minutes, stir in the tomatoes (with their juice and coarsely chopped if using whole tomatoes) and the salt.
• Cover the pot with a dark tea towel. Cook until the tomatoes have separated from the oil, 20 - 30 minutes.
• Remove from SO. Stir in basil.
• Makes enough sauce for 1 pound of dry pasta. Serve over cooked pasta with freshly grated parmesan cheese

Notes

You can cook this same recipe inside on the stove. It will take maybe 20 minutes on the stove, or 30 minutes in the solar oven.

I suggest Italian brands of canned tomatoes - the kind that contain only one ingredient - tomatoes. No salt, no citric acid, no seasonings. It's hard to find a non-Italian brand that has none of these and even some of the Italian brands are guilty of the unwanted additions. Read the label carefully!

Keyword bolognese sauce, pasta sauce, spaghetti sauce