French Spaghetti Sauce
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- Number of Servings: 4
Ingredients
Makes about 2 cups1 tablespoon olive oil1 tablespoon butter1 onion, chopped1 clove garlic, minced2 pounds of ripe, flavorful tomatoes1 teaspoon of sugar (optional)1 bouquet garnisalt and pepper
1. Melt the butter with the olive oil in a non-reactive (enamel, glass or stainless steel) pot on medium heat. Add the onion and garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes.
2. Cut each tomato into 16 or so chunks and add to the pot. Bring the sauce to a boil, then turn down the heat until it is at a very low boil. Add the bouquet garni. You can also add a small amount of sugar if the tomatoes are not sweet enough.
3. Cook the sauce at this very low boil for 1/2 hour, stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat and allow to cool to room temperature.
4. Using the finest mesh strainer on a food mill, process the sauce into a bowl. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
5. You can freeze this sauce in clean plastic containers.
(If you don't have a food mill, be sure to peel and seed the tomatoes before adding them. After it is cooked, run the sauce through a food processor to smooth it.)
Serving Size: makes about 2 cups or 4 1/2 cup servings
Number of Servings: 4
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user WALLAHALLA.
2. Cut each tomato into 16 or so chunks and add to the pot. Bring the sauce to a boil, then turn down the heat until it is at a very low boil. Add the bouquet garni. You can also add a small amount of sugar if the tomatoes are not sweet enough.
3. Cook the sauce at this very low boil for 1/2 hour, stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat and allow to cool to room temperature.
4. Using the finest mesh strainer on a food mill, process the sauce into a bowl. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
5. You can freeze this sauce in clean plastic containers.
(If you don't have a food mill, be sure to peel and seed the tomatoes before adding them. After it is cooked, run the sauce through a food processor to smooth it.)
Serving Size: makes about 2 cups or 4 1/2 cup servings
Number of Servings: 4
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user WALLAHALLA.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 114.2
- Total Fat: 7.0 g
- Cholesterol: 7.8 mg
- Sodium: 41.7 mg
- Total Carbs: 13.1 g
- Dietary Fiber: 3.0 g
- Protein: 2.3 g
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