Add a little water and the paste starts to resemble tomato sauce, which you can then use to make pasta sauce, pizza sauce, and so on. Unlike tomato purée, which you don’t have to add right away ...

2. Add in the tomato puree and allow the sauce to cook, season with fresh parsley. Add in the blanched spaghetti, allow the pasta to cook in the sauce for at least 2 minutes, for it to absorb all the ...

The rich, spicy paste-like mixture can be spread on crusty bread, though it's more commonly diluted and used as a soup base or pasta sauce.