[condolinda]

I'll try that. And I'm guessing you don't seed or skin the tomatoes? By the way, my friend tells me to never, ever add oregano to pasta sauces... He says basil's great in pasta sauces, but to reserve oregano for pizza. He also says to 'keep it simple'.

[Rebelbase]

If you are using fresh Italian tomatoes, you'll need to skin them first. I've never used fresh ones so I'm guessing just cook them them, mash them up in the same pot, seeds and all. Make sure you are using a non-reactive pot.

[Mannaggia l'America]

He says basil's great in pasta sauces

Especially fresh basil. I remember my grandmother used to send me out to the garden to pick the basil ("basilico") - I was terrified because there were always huge bees hanging around there.

She also would put a whole onion in the pot - not chopped - she just peeled off the first layer and put the whole thing in.

But then after it was done, you would be fishing around in the pot and you would think you discovered a nice huge meatball and it turned out to be the onion.