Fresh Tomato Sauce

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1 1/2 cups onions, diced
• 2 teaspoons garlic, minced (i typically increase this to a tablespoon since i love garlicky pasta sauce)
• 3 (14 1/2 ounce) cans plum tomatoes, crushed
• 1/2 cup reserved meatball pan dripping (meatball recipe posted separately)
• 1/2 cup fresh parsley, minced
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• salt (to taste)

Recipe

• 1 heat olive oil over medium high heat in a large dutch oven or similar pan.
• 2 saute onions in oil for approximately 4 minutes, or until translucent. add garlic and cook for an additional 30 seconds.
• 3 add the tomatoes, pan drippings, parsley, sugar, red pepper flakes. salt to taste.
• 4 simmer for 15 minutes.
• 5 if you are using meatballs with the sauce, add the cooked meatballs after the 15 minutes and simmer for an additional 10 minutes.