A quality homemade sauce is the secret to absolutely mouth-watering tomato-based Italian meals.

Ingredients

2 x 800g cans diced tomatoes

1⁄4 cup tomato paste


1⁄4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 brown onion, finely chopped

2 cloves garlic, crushed

1 cup basil leaves

Sea-salt flakes and freshly ground black pepper, to season

Method

  1. Put tomatoes,  tomato paste, oil, onion and garlic in the bowl of a 5L slow cooker. Stir in 1⁄2 of the basil. Place bowl in appliance, cover with lid and cook on low setting for 6 hours.

  2. Remove bowl from appliance and remove lid. Season, stir in remaining basil and serve.

Serve and enjoy! It really is that easy!