Originally Posted by mixturepinoy

My universal italian tomato sauce.
It can be used in so many ways...

4 Large roma tomatos
2 hothouse tomatos
1 package of cherry tomatos
1 Red Bellpepper
4-5 large garlic cloves
1 diced onion
1 large diced shallot
1 diced carrot
1-2 fresh bay leaves
1 handfull of italian parsley
8-10 basil leaves
3-5 large olives (good olives, nothing in a can)
1 cup of garlic wine (Chateau de garlic, can be ordered here)
1 cup of chicken stock
A couple pinches of Thyme
1 teaspoon of sugar
Salt and pepper to taste
2 tablespoons of real butter (try not to substitute this with anything else)
Some olive oil

Place all tomatos, carrots, olives, and bellpepper in a bake proof dish, I usually throw in a large glass brownie dish. rip about 4 leaves of basil into mixture and drizzle olive oil on top w/ salt and pepper. put a few pinches of thyme on top. in some foil, throw garlic, onions, and shallots together, drizzle with olive oil and salt & pepper. place both containers in preheated oven at 375 for 20 mins.

In the mean time, in large cooking stock pot, throw in the butter, wine, and chicken stock. reduce by boiling it till half of the mixture is evaporated. place on low, and throw in all the ingredients that have been baked. make sure to get all the liquid created by the baking process. with an immersion blended (hand blender) blend everything together till it's nice and smooth... chop the rest of the basil & parsley and throw into mix. also toss in the bayleaf (don't chop that) and sugar... let simmer for about 30 -45 mins, add salt and pepper to taste...

Now I use this with all my italian recipes.... sometimes brown some italian sausage peices and throw this sauce onto the meat, then serve it with Penne. Sometimes I take that sausage mixture and throw in creme fresh and toss it with rigattoni... sometimes I'll make mac and cheese and throw in some of this sauce for a savory mac and cheese. I use it on pizza, lasagnia, tomato soup.... there's endless things to make with this simple base sauce... enjoy