Tomato Sauce

Total Time: 4 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 30 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 (16 ounce) cans tomato puree
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1 medium onion, diced
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 tablespoons oil, olive preferred
• 1/2 cup parmesan cheese or 1/2 cup locatelli cheese, grated
• 1/2 cup fresh parsley, chopped
• 1/2 cup fresh basil, chopped
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 get a pot that will be large enough to hold ingredients. put pot on stove on medium high heat. add oil to pot and allow to heat up.
• 2 sauté garlic and onions for approximately 5 minutes, enough for onions to become soft.
• 3 put puree and paste into pot. take puree cans and fill with water and pour water into pot. stir well.
• 4 add parmesan, parsley, basil, salt and pepper and stir ingredients inches.
• 5 wait for pot to come to a boil, cover and lower to medium/medium low so that sauce is gently boiling.
• 6 cook, stirring every 15 minutes for approximately 3 hours. taste sauce to see if cooked. will be complete when it doesn't have a sour taste to it.
• 7 for thicker sauce, boil at a higher rate and stir frequently.