Sauces: Cooks.com Homemade Italian Tomato Sauce

By JoFClark

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 2 (29 oz.) cans tomato puree
• 2 (6 oz) cans tomato paste
• 1/2 medium onion
• 8 cloves garlic
• 1 T basil
• 2 T Romano cheese, grated
• 1/2 t salt
• 1/4 t sugar

Details

Cooking time 2mins

Preparation

Step 1

Use large pot, approximately 5 qt. size. Peel onion and garlic and chop finely. Place olive oil in pot; add chopped garlic and onion and 1/4 teaspoon salt and simmer until soft (do not burn) until golden. Add tomato paste and simmer until blended with oil (10 minutes).

Add tomato puree and simmer 15 minutes. Add sugar, salt, basil, cheese, and 1 (6 oz) can water. Simmer 20 minutes. Always stir sauce so it doesn't burn. Keep cover on pot for 1 hour, then lid can be tilted. Sauce will thicken when tilting lid on pot.

Note: If you plan to add meat, brown all meat before placing in sauce and cook 1-1 1/2 hours additional. Make sure pork is cooked throughly. Pork can be boiled for a while before browning.