What is Homemade Tomato Sauce? Nutritional Facts, Calories & Taste

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Homemade Tomato Sauce

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What is Homemade Tomato Sauce?

Tomato sauce can be store bought or homemade. Many restaurants will opt to make their own, for a unique and full flavored sauce. Tomato sauce is made by simmering tomatoes, tomato paste, olive oil, garlic and herbs. There are many variations of tomato sauce, but these ingredients are standard for almost any recipe. Tomato sauce has a a wet texture that runs from thin to thick in viscosity. The sauce is red with bits of herbs strewn throughout and the flavor is tangy, slightly sweet, salty and umami, with hints of garlic and herbs. It is best served hot over pizza or pasta and pairs well in many Italian dishes.

What does Homemade Tomato Sauce Taste Like?

Salty

Salty is one of the five main tastes. It has a satisfying and addictive quality with hints of sourness. S ...

Sweet

Sweet is one of the five main tastes. It has smooth and round notes in its flavor profile. Sweet is a nat ...

Sour

Sour is one of the five main tastes. It is tart and bright, sometimes with a mouth-puckering quality. Sou ...

Umami

Umami is one of five main tastes. It is savory with a depth of flavor. Umami is a taste in many foods, in ...

Ingredients

tomato

Botanically speaking the tomato is a fruit, but in the culinary world it is used almost strictly as a veg ...

onion

The onion is a bulb vegetable, meaning its bulb and not its leaves are eaten. Onions come in many varieti ...

olive oil

Olive oil is extracted from the fresh olive, which grows on a tree. Many olives are needed in the extract ...

tomato paste

Tomato paste is a made by cooking tomatoes down, straining them and then continuing to let them cook unti ...

garlic

Garlic is used in cuisines around the world and is extremely popular for its depth of flavor. The garlic ...

oregano

Oregano is an herb in the mint family and grows on thin and delicate stalks that produce tiny oblong leav ...

Homemade Tomato Sauce Nutritional Facts and Calories

Serving Size: 1 Tablespoon (15g)
Amount Per Serving% DV
Calories13kcal1%
Fats1g1%
Sat. fats0g0%
Mono. Fats0g0%
Trans fats0g0%
Carbs1g0%
Sugars1g2%
Fiber0g0%
Proteins0g0%
Cholesterol2mg1%
Sodium51mg2%

Healthy Level

Unhealthy Level

Information is not verified and for reference purposes only. Contact vendor directly if you have any food allergies. 2000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice, but calorie needs may vary. See Nutrition

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