Tomato Sauce for Pasta

Why does everyone insist on putting a thousand ingredients into tomato gravy? It's traditionally just tomato and fresh garden herbs. The best recipe, in my family tradition is simple: Good tomatos blanched, peeled, and pureed (San Marzano if choosing canned tomatoes), a little salt, a little sugar, olive oil, fresh herbs, spoonful of tomato paste, and a splash of red wine. This can be cooked on low low low heat in a good sauce pot on the stove for 4 -6 hours or in a crock pot on low for 4 -6 hours. Occasionally my nonna would brown neck bones before adding all the other ingredients. That's all you need. You can even forget about the wine and the paste if you don't have it.

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