Bev's Own Tomato Sauce

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 medium red onion, chopped
• 1 medium carrot, finely grated
• 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 teaspoon oregano (or 1 tbs fresh, chopped)
• 1 teaspoon basil (or 1 tbs fresh, chopped)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• black pepper, freshly ground, to taste
• 1/4 cup sun-dried tomato, drained and chopped
• 1/2 cup marsala wine
• 1/2 cup water

Recipe

• 1 in a heavy sauce pan heat olive oil, over medium high heat.
• 2 add onion and cook until soft.
• 3 add garlic and carrot and continue cooking until garlic just begins to turn color.
• 4 add crushed tomato and tomato paste, bring to a boil.
• 5 add bay leaves, basil, oregano, salt and pepper (to taste).
• 6 add marsala wine and water, return to boil.
• 7 stir in sun-dried tomato.
• 8 after returing to a boil, turn down heat to simmer.
• 9 allow to simmer while stirring every now and then for about 30 minutes or until thickened.
• 10 adjust spices to suit your taste.
• 11 serves 4-6.