The one item to add to spaghetti sauce that's a 'serious upgrade'

If you're looking to spice up your spaghetti sauce, there's one item you can't miss out on. Homemade tomato sauces are perfect for pasta dishes, but making them stand out rather than taste bland can be tricky.

You might have tried adding herbs to your meal or vegetables for extra flavour but there's something else you can try which will boost taste. This item can be purchased from the supermarket but you might not have tried it before. It's a versatile addition to your kitchen that you can reuse in many other meals so it's a worthy investment.

Daily Meal says for complexity, you should add gochujang. It says: "We're all about finding unexpected ingredients that work wonders, and in spaghetti sauce, gochujang is maybe our favorite.

"Gochujang is a bright-red, fermented Korean chili paste, which has a thick, treacly consistency.

"Made with sweet rice flour, rice syrup, and loads of salt, it packs a great deal of flavor into a very small quantity."

The item will add saltiness, heat and sweetness to your dish and will seriously upgrade your spaghetti sauce, says Daily Meal.

Gochujang is a great fit for pasta and by adding one or two spoonfuls you can maximise flavour in your dish.

It also works very well with parmesan so if you're a cheese-lover this could be the ultimate combination. If you don't have any gochujang, another Korean paste, doenjang, also works brilliantly, Daily Meal adds.

Pasta is a comforting dish to make at home and with this one simple addition, you can spice things up.

If you're wondering what other meals you can add the item to, it also goes perfectly with stir-fry dishes like these chilli garlic chicken and noodles or you can add it to other Italian style meals.

It's an addition to your kitchen you'll be glad to have made and one you can throw into a huge range of dishes.