Recipe courtesy of Michele Urvater

Fresh and Sun-Dried Tomato Sauce

  • Yield: 6 servings
  • Total: 45 min
  • Prep: 5 min
  • Cook: 40 min
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Ingredients

1 1/2 cups onion, minced

2/3 cup celery, minced

1/2 cup carrot, minced

3 tablespoons olive oil

3 pounds plum tomatoes, peeled, seeded and chopped, or 1 (28 ounce) can tomatoes

3 ounces sun-dried tomatoes (not packed in oil)

3 cloves garlic, minced

Cheesecloth bag containing 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme, 6 parsley sprigs, and 1 bay leaf

Salt and freshly ground pepper

Directions

  1. In a saucepan cook the onion, celery and carrots in the oil over moderate heat until softened.Add the fresh and dried tomatoes, garlic, and cheesecloth bag and bring to boil. Simmer, covered, stirring occasionally, for 30 minutes. Discard the cheesecloth bag. In a food processor or blender puree the mixture in batches. Season with salt and pepper.

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Tahia W.

We were looking for a vegetarian version on spaghetti sauce and this one is great. There was about 20 min of prep chopping all the vegetables (I chopped the tomatoes also), but it was well worth it. The sauce can be a little acidic so I added a dash a bakin soda and it was GREAT.

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