Tomato Sauce

IngredientsPrint recipe

• 4 carrots
• 1 zucchini
• 1 yellow pepper
• 1 big onion
• 4 garlic cloves
• 5 Tbsp olive oil
• 3 15oz cans tomato sauce
• 1 Tbsp herbes de Provence
• 1 tsp dried basil
• 1 bay leaf
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 4 Tbsp sugar

Instructions

1. Wash, peel and roughly cut the carrots.
2. Roughly cut the zucchini and the pepper.
3. Slice the onion and mince the garlic.
4. In a large stove pot, heat over medium heat the olive oil. Add the onion and the pepper with 1 Tbsp sugar and cook until soften stirring occasionally.
5. Once soften, add the zucchini and carrots. Cook for a few more minutes.
6. Add the minced garlic and cook until fragrant.
7. Pour the tomato sauce. Add salt and pepper to taste, herbes de Provence, dried basil, the bay leaf and the rest of the sugar. Stir.
8. Cook on medium-low heat covered with a lid for about 1 hour or until the vegetables are soften. Stir occasionally.
9. Turn off heat. Using an immersion blender, purée until smooth.
10. Pour sauce over noodles, gnocchi or make lasagnas.
11. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese for more flavor and decorate with fresh basil.