The 5 Mother Sauces – Tomato Sauce
This is a simple Tomato sauce that you can serve as is or change ingredients to make the sauce that you and your family will love. This is one of the five mother sauces.
Tomato Sauce
1/4 cup olive oil
8 oz Yellow onions, diced
4 oz celery, small dice
2 oz carrots, small dice
2-garlic cloves, minced
2 (28-ounce) cans peeled whole tomatoes, crushed by hand and juices reserved
4 oz prepared tomato paste
1 tsp salt
1/8 tsp black pepper
1 tbsp basil, chopped
1 tbsp parsley, chopped
In a non- reactive pot sweat onions, celery, carrots, and garlic in the olive oil until the onions are translucent.
Add the tomatoes and juice and bring to a boil, stirring often. Lower the heat and simmer for 30 minutes until flavor has developed and correct consistency is reached.
Adjust seasoning to taste with salt and pepper, stir in the basil and parsley.
