Photo: Simple Tomato Sauce Recipe
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 stalk celery, chopped
- 1 carrot, chopped
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2 (32-ounce) cans crushed tomatoes
- 2 dried bay leaves
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, optional
Directions
In a large casserole pot or Dutch over, heat oil over medium high heat. Add onion and garlic and saute until soft and translucent, about 5 to 10 minutes. Add celery and carrots and season with salt and pepper. Saute until all the vegetables are soft, about 5 to 10 minutes. Add tomatoes and bay leaves and simmer uncovered on low heat for 1 hour or until thick. Remove bay leaves and check for seasoning. If sauce still tastes acidic, add unsalted butter, 1 tablespoon at a time to round out the flavors.
Add 1/2 the tomato sauce into the bowl of a food processor. Process until smooth. Continue with remaining tomato sauce.
If not using all the sauce, allow it to cool completely and pour 1 to 2 cup portions into freezer plastic bags. This will freeze up to 6 months.
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By spacecitygirl
Round Rock, TX
on January 21, 2012
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I made this tomato sauce to go with Giada's mini meatballs, and it is out of this world. The sauce alone tasted so rich and flavorful...way better than what I could have bought at the store. I modified it slightly by only using 1 tablespoon of olive oil to saute the veggies in, b/c I'm watching what I eat. I also used an immersion blender to puree the sauce. It was a lot easier to do in the cooking pan, and saved on clean up.
By foodie223
on January 21, 2012
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YUMO
By macackayak_12389733
Tewksbury, MA
on January 11, 2011
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Love this sauce. I used it for the first time when making Giada's chicken parm recipe which included this sauce. In that recipe for simple tomato sauce there are 4-6 basil leaves which are added with the tomatoes and bay leaves. They have been omitted from this recipe. If you tried this recipe without the basil and liked it...try it with the basil and you will love it!
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