simple tomato Sauce

By á-18280

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 1 small onion
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 stalk celery chopped
• 1 carrot chopped
• 2 32oz. cans crushed tomatoes
• 4-6 basil leaves
• 2 dried bay leaves
• sea salt and ground pepper
• 4 tables. unsalted butter

Preparation

Step 1

in a large casserole pot, heat oil over med hi heat. Add onion and garlic and saute until soft and translucent about 2 min. Add celery and carrot and season with salt and pepper. Saute until all veg. are soft about 5 min. add tomatoes, basil and bay leaves and reduce the heat to low. cover the pot and simmer for 1 hr. or until thick. Remove bay leaves and taste the seasoning, if sauce tastes too acidic and unsalted butter, i tablespoon at a time, to round out the flavor. Pour half the tomato sauce into the bowl of a food processor. Process until smoth. Continue with the remaining sauce if not using all the sauce, allow it to cool completely and then pour 1-2 cup portions into plastic freezer bags. freeze for up to 6 months. yeilds 6 cups
cook time 1 hour, 10 min.