Recipe - Ginas Basic Spaghetti Sauce

2 tablespoon Olive oil
1 small Onion, chopped
One half teaspoon Fennel seeds
3 Cloves garlic, minced
1 small Green pepper, chopped
6 Ripe tomatoes, medium
12 ounce Can tomato puree
6 ounce Can tomato paste
2 teaspoon Oregano, dried
1 teaspoon Basil, dried
1 tablespoon Parsley, dried
1 teaspoon Salt
One fourth teaspoon Pepper
One fourth cup Parmesan cheese

Prepare the tomatoes: drop them into a pot of boiling water for about a
minute. Drain and rinse with cold water. Slip off the skins, cut out the
"core", and coarsely chop. Set aside.

In a large pot, heat the oil. Add onion & fennel seed. Fry a couple
minutes. Add the pepper & garlic and fry a couple more minutes (don't let
the precious garlic brown or burn, please!). Add the rest of the
ingredients. Bring to a boil, lower heat, then simmer for as long as you
can (at least an hour), stirring occasionally. I cover the pot loosely when
simmering.

Notes: You can use fresh herbs for the dried, and it's much better. Just
triple the proportions for fresh. You can also add other veggies to the
sauce during the simmer phase: carrots (shredded), green chilis (fresh
roasted from New Mexico), chopped olives (black or green), cut or sliced up
mushrooms. You can also add TVP to fool meat eaters: soak 1 cup TVP & One fourth t
fennel seed in 7/8 cup boiling water for 10 min. Fry the TVP in some olive
oil before adding to the sauce.

Also, you might want to double or triple this recipe if your tomato
"shrubs" look like mine :)

Enjoy!

Gina Pasquale Email: pasquale@lanl.gov

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