Tomato Sauce Recipe

This simple, fresh tomato sauce recipe is perfect for pasta, pizza and lasagna. The secret ingredient? Carrots, which give the tomato sauce a fresh flavor and add a nice sweetness. Once the tomato sauce is pureed, you'll never see the carrots, but you will definitely taste the difference.

The tomato sauce recipe calls for two 28-oz. cans of whole tomatoes, but you could substitute crushed tomatoes, diced tomatoes or tomato puree.

For some variations on this basic Tomato Pasta Sauce, try these:

In a large, heavy-bottomed saucepan, heat the olive oil for a minute over medium heat.
Add the onions and carrots, and saute for a bit until the onions are translucent but not brown.
Add the tomatoes and the garlic. Bring to a simmer and cook for 30 to 45 minutes, uncovered, until the sauce is slightly reduced. If you like, you can use a wooden spoon to break up the whole tomatoes while the sauce simmers.
Remove from heat and pass through a food mill, or puree in a food processor until smooth, working in batches if necessary.
Season to taste with Kosher salt and sugar.Makes about 1? qts tomato sauce

Thicken Sauce with Cornstarch

Cornstarch is a common thickening agent in the culinary arts, but if you add it directly to the liquid you want to thicken, it will clump up. To thicken a sauce or soup with cornstarch, you first need to make a slurry, which is a mixture of equal parts cornstarch and liquid (usually water, stock or wine).

It's important to make the slurry with cold liquid, and then add the slurry to the simmering sauce.

Cornstarch imparts a glossy sheen to the liquids it thickens, so it tends to be used more in sweet sauces and pie fillings than in savory sauces and gravies.

Classic BBQ Rib Sauce

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Alabama White Barbecue Sauce

EXCELLLLLENT!, Member lmixter2

Leave it to the south to come up with a great recipe using mayonnaise as a BRBQ Sauce! I also, put a little curry powder, it was great! Laurie

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