Recipe Homemade Tomato Sauce I (Pasta)

Required Ingredients:

• 10 ripe tomatoes
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 green bell pepper, chopped
• 2 carrots, chopped
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil
• 1/4 teaspoon Italian seasoning
• 1/4 cup Burgundy wine
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 stalks celery
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste

Preparing/Cooking:

• Bring a pot of water to a boil.
• Have ready a large bowl of iced water.
• Plunge whole tomatoes in boiling water until skin starts to peel, 1 minute.
• Remove with slotted spoon and place in ice bath.
• Let rest until cool enough to handle, then remove peel and squeeze out seeds.
• Chop 8 tomatoes and puree in blender or food processor.
• Chop remaining two tomatoes and set aside.
• In a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat, cook onion, bell pepper, carrot and garlic in oil and butter until onion starts to soften, 5 minutes.
• Pour in pureed tomatoes.
• Stir in chopped tomato, basil, Italian seasoning and wine.
• Place bay leaf and whole celery stalks in pot.
• Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low, cover and simmer 2 hours.
• Stir in tomato paste and simmer an additional 2 hours.
• Discard bay leaf and celery and serve.

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