Tomato sauce is not Italian at all but Mexican. The first tomato sauces were already being sold in markets of Tenochtitlan when Spaniards arrived, and had many of the same ingredients (tomatoes, bell peppers, and chilies) that would later define Italian tomato pasta sauces 200 years later. Although, It was Mexicanas and Peruanas who first cooked tomato sauces, salsas, Italian tomato sauce is unique because it incorporates olive oil and garlic. The Italian use of chile in tomato sauce, and also in Marinara sauce, gives a nod to their roots in Mexican culinary traditions.
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