Nonna’s Sweet Pasta Sauce for Two

Recipe By Wolf
Rating
Published Jun 19th
Nonna’s Sweet Pasta Sauce for Two
Prep 10m Cook 35m Additional - Ready In 45m
Servings 2 servings Calories 251

A quick, easy, sweet-tasting pasta sauce that can be used for anything from spaghetti to lasagna. Serve right away or freeze.

Recipe Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • ⅓ red onion, chopped
  • 1 tablespoon minced garlic
  • 1 ½ cups water
  • 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
  • 3 tablespoons white sugar
  • 1 slice bacon, cooked and crumbled
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon dried basil
  • 1 pinch red pepper flakes

Cooking Directions

  1. 1 Heat olive oil in a small pot over medium heat
  2. 2 Add onion and garlic; cook and stir until onion is soft, about 5 minutes
  3. 3 Stir in water, tomato paste, sugar, bacon, salt, basil, and red pepper flakes
  4. 4 Simmer until flavors combine, about 30 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

  • Calories 251
  • Carbohydrate 38.5 g
  • Cholesterol 6.6 mg
  • Fat 9.8 g
  • Fiber 4.2 g
  • Protein 6.5 g
  • Saturated Fat 1.9 g
  • Sodium 1391.9 mg
  • Sugar 30 g

Reviews

  1. Marlene Feb 18, 2021 08:42 AM
    Loved the recipe. Not so much sugar. Awesome on chicken parm. My new go to recipe for 2
  2. benalt Jun 4, 2020 06:13 AM
    Nice and easy sauce. I only had a partial can of tomato paste and made up for it using some gochujang and then skipped the hot pepper flakes. I also used only 1 tablespoon of sugar and also added half a teaspoon of oregano. Next time I might put in half oregano and half basil. - Read more ...
  3. Christina Jan 17, 2018 08:15 AM
    Loved the flavors in this and how easy it was to prepare and I know it's called 'sweet' in the title but it was just TOO sweet for us as written. I reduced the basil and added in a bit of oregano which was good. I am still giving this 4 stars because it's a - Read more ...