GMA Recipe: Basic Tomato Sauce

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Basic Tomato Sauce
From chef and author Mario Batali
Wednesday, October 12, 2005

Culinary superstar Mario Batali likes to keep things simple, using ingredients people can actually pronounce. On Good Morning America, Batali made this basic tomato sauce. The basis for dozens of Italian meals.

Ingredients

1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil

1 Spanish onion, chopped in 1/4-inch dice

4 garlic cloves, peeled and thinly sliced

3 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme leaves, or 1 tablespoon dried

1/2 medium carrot, finely-shredded

2 28-ounce cans peeled whole tomatoes, crushed by hand and juices reserved

Salt to taste

Directions

In a 3-quart saucepan, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic and cook until soft and light golden brown, about 8 to 10 minutes.

Add the thyme and carrot and cook 5 minutes more, until the carrot is quite soft.

Add the tomatoes and juice and bring to a boil, stirring often. Lower the heat and simmer for 30 minutes until as thick as hot cereal.

Season with salt and serve.

This sauce holds one week in the refrigerator or up to six months in the freezer.

Makes 4 cups

Recipe copyright 2005, Mario Batali from his cookbook, "Molto Italiano : 327 Simple Italian Recipes to Cook at Home"