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Roasted Garlic Sweet Potato Tomato Sauce

A velvety, gently sweet tomato sauce built on roasted sweet potato and carrot, with mellow roasted garlic and a hint of rosemary and smoked paprika.

Roasted Garlic Sweet Potato Tomato Sauce

Ingredients

  • 2½ medium350 gSweet potatoespeeled and cut into 1-inch cubes
  • 14 oz400 gDiced tomatoes, canned
  • 1½ medium100 gCarrotscut into 1-inch pieces
  • 1 medium110 gYellow onioncut into wedges
  • 13 cloves40 gGarliccloves separated, left in their skins
  • 2 tbsp30 gTomato paste
  • 1½ tbsp20 gOlive oil
  • ⅔ cup150 gWater
  • ¾ tsp1 gDried rosemary
  • ¾ tsp2 gPaprika (sweet or smoked)smoked
  • ¼ tsp0.5 gCrushed red pepper
  • ½ tsp3 gSalt
  • ¼ tsp0.5 gBlack pepper

Steps

  1. Preheat the oven to 425°F (220°C) and line a rimmed sheet pan with parchment.
  2. Peel and cube the sweet potato, cut the carrot into pieces and the onion into wedges, and separate the garlic cloves, leaving them in their skins.
  3. On the sheet pan, toss the sweet potato, carrot, onion and garlic with half of the olive oil, the rosemary and half of the salt, and spread in one layer.
  4. Roast for 30 to 35 minutes, stirring once, until the sweet potato and carrot are tender and browned at the edges and the garlic is soft.
  5. Let the garlic cool for a few minutes, then squeeze the roasted cloves out of their skins and discard the skins.
  6. Scrape the roasted sweet potato, carrot, onion and garlic into a 2-quart baking dish and stir in the canned diced tomatoes, tomato paste, water, smoked paprika, red pepper flakes, black pepper, the remaining half of the olive oil and the remaining half of the salt.
  7. Return to the oven for 15 minutes until bubbling and slightly thickened.
  8. Carefully blend the hot sauce with an immersion blender, or in a vented blender in batches, until smooth; add a splash more water if it is too thick.
  9. Toss the sauce with hot cooked pasta.

Allergens: none of the nine major allergens in the ingredients as written.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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