Bryan's Sweet and Hot Tomato Pasta Sauce

A twist on the usual tomato sauce with spicy red chiles and brown sugar.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 10 mins
• Total Time: 25 mins
• Calories: 264 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 0.125 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 0.125 teaspoon salt
• 0.25 teaspoon celery salt
• 0.75 cup brown sugar, divided
• 0.5 tablespoon crumbled dried red chile pepper

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

In a saucepan, combine olive oil, garlic, salt, pepper and red peppers and lightly saute over high heat.

Step 2

Reduce heat to low and mix in tomatoes and tomato paste. Stir in celery salt, salt and pepper. Start with 1/2 cup of the brown sugar and mix into the sauce. Gradually add brown sugar, depending on acidity of tomatoes. First taste of sauce should be sweet.