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Tomato Sauce

Ingredients

Intro

Mother sauce that is most well known. Freeze as needed. Can totally be done with canned tomato. In this case, add some sugar to counteract the canning taste.

Directions

  1. Fine dice the onions, carrots, and celery, or otherwise blend them into a sofrito. Sweat the veggies for 5-10 minutes before adding minced garlic.
  2. In the meantime, prepare the tomatoes. For a smooth and consistent sauce, peel the tomatoes by blanching and shocking them. Then, remove the seeds and core.
  3. Alternatively, for a more rustic sauce, simply remove the core and quarter the tomatoes. Either way, crush them roughly with either your hands or some tool. Add them to the veggies with some salt. Bring to a boil, and then allow to simmer for at least 2 hours.
  4. When it feels ready, turn the heat off and add any herbs, still on the stems. Let the herbs steep for 5-10 minutes and remove them. Blend the sauce if desired and store.