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Winter Tomato Sauce

This is also a wonderful sauce for hearty pasta dishes.

Ingredients

Makes 4 cups

2 28-ounce cans whole Italian-style tomatoes
1/4 cup olive oil
2 cups chopped onions
8 large fresh thyme sprigs
6 garlic cloves, peeled, quartered
4 4-inch-long fresh rosemary sprigs
4 large fresh basil sprigs
1 bay leaf
1 oil-packed anchovy fillet
1 teaspoon coarse kosher salt
1 teaspoon Hungarian or Spanish sweet paprika
  1. Step 1

    Using fingers, split open tomatoes; remove and discard seeds. Chop tomatoes; reserve juice. Heat oil in heavy large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add chopped tomatoes and reserved juice and all remaining ingredients; stir to combine. Bring to boil; reduce heat to medium and simmer uncovered until sauce is reduced to 4 cups, stirring often, about 1 hour.

    Step 2

    Remove bay leaf and any stems from herbs. Pass sauce through food mill fitted with large holes. Alternately, transfer to processor. Using on/off turns, process to coarse puree.

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  • This was a simple recipe and loved by all my family thought it the best red gravy ever!

    • Anonymous

    • Georgia

    • 10/11/2011

  • This is a great all around sauce recipe. I used it to make baked ziti as well as the cassoulet. It is wonderful!

    • allie

    • SF Bay Area

    • 3/6/2006

  • I enjoyed this sauce very much. I subbed dried basil and anchovy paste, but otherwise made as directed. It was great with the cassoulet recipe, but would also be terrific for pasta and other uses.

    • Anonymous

    • Biglerville, PA

    • 12/19/2005

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