The Real Italian Tomato Sauce

You can use this for anything - pasta sauce, sauce for meatballs, veal, chicken, eggplant anything at all!!!

• Ready In: 1 hr 15 mins
• Yields: 5 cups

Ingredients

• 1⁄3 cup  vegetable stock
• 2  onions, chopped
• 2  garlic cloves, chopped
• 1 1⁄2 kg  ripe tomatoes
• 2  teaspoons brown sugar
• 1  cup red wine
• 1⁄3 cup tomato paste
• 2  cups cold water
•  salt and pepper

Directions

1. Place stock in saucepan and bring to a simmer. Add onion and garlic stirring until onion is soft.
2. Add tomatoes and sugar and cook stirring occasionally for 10 minutes.
3. Stir in wine and tomaote paste. Bring to the boil. Gently boil stirring occasionally for 5 minutes until liquid reduces and thickens.
4. Stir in water and simmer uncovered for 40 minutes.
5. If you like a chunky sauce - puree 1/2 the sauce only. If you want a smooth sauce puree the whole lot.