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Italian Spaghetti Sauce Recipe

	Silver_raven_venus / All my dishes 2 years, 2 months ago I don't anticipate this being as popular as other recipes as mine. It's hard to make the right way to get the consisten flavor. You'll know when you have it right, as it have a remeniscent feel on the tongue the way butter would...it's very delicious when made correctly... More Prep:15m Cook:100m Servings:4	Silver_rave
	easy tasty italian passeddown old family

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Ingredients

Canned diced tomatoes

a little bit of tomato paste (2 TBSP or so)

Fresh basil

1 tsp-1tbsp sugar

1-2 TBSP olive oil/butter/earth balance

1 medium sized onion

salt to taste

Water*

Directions

Ok, here goes...

Take the oil and sugar and onion and dice the onions as thin/thick as you like/prefer...carmelize the onions in a frying pan...don't cook too quick, or they'll burn...it's better to cook them slowly...they need to be clear and browned real well, but not blackened or crispy...This here is the most important step to having the proper flavor

add the other ingredients and *enough water to simmer

simmer until it breaks down. Add more water as needed...This sauce is chunky, and it tastes better more soupy than thick. Don't be holding back on the basil. It works with 2 TBSP dry basil, but fresh basil-add as much as you think would be good.

When it's fragrant and the basil flavor is consistent throughout the sauce, top it on some pasta and enjoy!

BTW-My great aunt passed this recipe onto me by my request when I knew she was going to pass away (nobody else seemed to understand that, not even her)...my mom's been trying to make this recipe since she was old enough to cook and has *never* made it right. I've made it successfully many times, but only after careful study of the ingredients and cooking times/smells. The basil adds to the depth of the carmelized onions.

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Comments

petunia97 12 months ago said:
I love this sauce. Simple, yet very basic....

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Alterations

decobabe 2 years, 2 months ago said:
You can leave the sugar out if when the onions are done you deglaze with some fortified wine-- like Sherry or Marsala.

silver_raven_venus 2 years, 2 months ago said:
This recipe is very simple, cheap, and easy, just difficult to "follow directions" It tastes great without alterations, so long as it's made properly! It's an incredible passed down recipe, straight from Sicily ^_^...passed down from my Great Great grandma, who I never met on that side of the family, of course!

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