Tomato Sauce

Name: Tomato Sauce
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Yield: 1 Large pot of sauce, 4-6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups onions; 8 garlic cloves; 3 (28 ounce) cans Italian plum tomatoes; 1/2 cup red wine; 1 large carrot; 20 basil leaves; 1/8 teaspoon red pepper flakes; salt and pepper

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"The BEST tomato sauce around!"

Tomato Sauce created by Nikki Dinki Cooking

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ingredients

2 ¹⁄₂ cups onions
8 garlic cloves
3 (28 ounce) cans Italian plum tomatoes
¹⁄₂ cup red wine
1 large carrot
20 basil leaves
¹⁄₈ teaspoon red pepper flakes
salt and pepper

directions

Cook Onions and Garlic in 2-6tbs of olive oil depending on how rich you want it.
Optional: Remove inner stem of tomato.
Crush tomatoes with your hands and add to pot, you can all add them to the pot and then mash them with a potato masher.
Add wine and carrot which should be cut into 4 large pieces.
Add Salt, Pepper and Red Pepper Flakes.
Cook on medium for 1.5hrs-2hrs until it is reduced by half and thick.
Add basil leaves 30minutes before it is done cooking.

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review by Sharon123

3/30/2011

This turned out great. I scaled down the recipe using 1 large can diced tomatoes. Great with spaghetti! I grated the carrot so it would melt into the sauce, added some parsley with the basil. Thanks for a good basic tomato sauce! Made for the Pick a Chef event. I enjoyed making your recipes!
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1/11/2011
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1/10/2011

The BEST tomato sauce around!