Vegetarian Sunday Sauce
Cuisine: Italian American
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Serves: 10-12 servings
 
The sauce my grandfather used to make every sunday afternoon, in its vegetarian form!
Ingredients
  • 1 35 oz can plus 1 28 oz can San Marzano peeled whole tomatoes
  • 1 12 oz can tomato paste
  • 2 onions, diced
  • 6 cloves garlic, diced
  • 1 bunch parsley, minced
  • 1 bunch basil, minced
  • 1 cup while wine
  • dried herbs like basil, oregano, thyme
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • olive oil for sautéing
Instructions
  1. In the bottom of a large pot, sauté onions and garlic in olive oil until softened and slightly browned, 5-7 minutes. Add white wine and simmer for 2 minutes.
  2. Add peeled tomatoes and tomato paste. Before the sauce gets too hot, use your hands to crush up the whole tomatoes - this is the way my grandparents did it - until they are broken down into smaller chunks. Add salt, pepper, and dried herbs to taste.
  3. Allow sauce to simmer on low until you are satisfied with the taste or until you are too hungry to wait anymore; a minimum of 1 hour, but I simmered my sauce for about 4 hours and it came out incredible.
  4. Just before serving, add fresh basil and parsley to taste.
Recipe by The Two Bananas at https://thetwobananas.com/4-cheese-spinach-mushroom-lasagna/