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Simple Tomato Sauce

Author: Lisa Le

Ingredients

  • - 8 tomatoes and diced deskinned + deseeded is ideal but I didn't do this
  • - 1 large red onion roughly chopped
  • - 4-6 cloves of garlic roughly chopped
  • - 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • - 3 dried bay leaves
  • - 1 tsp dried oregano
  • - 2 tsp dried basil or 1 sprig, fresh
  • - salt to taste

Instructions

  • Combine all ingredients in a large pot over medium low heat and let simmer for about 45 minutes, stirring occasionally, until all the ingredients cook down and become somewhat homogenous.
  • Remove the bay leaves and use a stick blender or transfer to a blender.
  • Blend until smooth and completely homogenous, and add salt to taste.
  • Transfer to a clean storage container (I haven't tried canning this, and I wouldn't recommend it because the other ingredients lower the safe levels of acidity in the tomatoes).
  • Store in the fridge once room temperature. Keeps for just over a week.