Oven Roasted Tomato Sauce

I got this recipe out of a magazine. It is great for use as a pizza sauce or as a pasta sauce.

• Ready In: 55 mins
• Serves: 4
• Yields: 5 cups

Ingredients

• 8  cups roma tomatoes, quartered (approximately 4 pounds)
• 1  cup onion, chopped
• 4  garlic cloves, whole
• 2  teaspoons kosher salt
• 1  teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 1  teaspoon sugar
• 1⁄2 cup olive oil
• 1⁄2 cup fresh basil, chopped

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
2. Combine tomatoes, onion, barlic cloves, salt, pepper, and sugar and toss with oilve oil.
3. Spread in roasting pan and roast 35 - 40 minutes or until tomatoes have softened.
4. Remove from oven and mash with potato masher, but leave tomatoes with a few chunks.
5. Stir in chopped basil.