Recipe - Aromatic Tomato Sauce

4 tablespoon Butter
1 small White onion or red onion;
minced
1 md Carrot; peeled, minced
1 md Stalk celery; minced
3 tablespoon Tomato paste
1 cn (28oz) tomatoes; juice
reserved, tomatoes seeded
then crushed
Salt and ground black pepper

Heat 3 tablespoons butter in a large saucepan. Add onion, carrot, and
celery saut6 gently until softened, but not browned, about 10 minutes.
Stir in tomato paste, then tomatoes and juice and wine. Simmer, partially
covered, and stir frequently, until thickened to sauce consistency, about
45 minutes. Puree by passing through a food mill. Return to simmer, season
to taste with salt and pepper, before serving, stir in remaining butter.

Makes 2 One half cup.

Cook's Illustrated, Mar./Apr. 1994, Page 26. Credit: Julia Della Croce.

Nationality: USA Courses: pasta sauce, preparation Season:any Method:
boiled

Start to Finish 45 minutes Preparation 5 minutes Attention 30 minutes
Finishing 5 minutes

Converted from Mangia!, Cook's Illustrated 19931995 Cookbook

NOTES : This elegant, fragrant sauce is suitable for fresh, dried, or
stuffed pasta. If you do not have a food mill, the sauce can be pureed in
a food processor, although the result will be less refined.
Recipe by: Cook's Illustrated, Mar./Apr. 1994, Page 26.

Posted to MCRecipe Digest by "Hobbs, D B USO"
hobbs@lbcapo1.uso.unisys.com on Mar 16, 1998