My Mother's Tomato Sauce

Name: My Mother's Tomato Sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 625
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1 2/3 cup canned tomatoes, low sodium; 1 clove garlic; 1/2 onions; 1/2 carrots; 1/4 stalk celery; 2 tbsp olive oil; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/4 tsp ground pepper

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The tomato sauce is a pillar of Italian cuisine. Even if it is rather simple, there are as many versions as there are Italian families! These recipes are passed on from mother to daughter, each convinced they own the only «true» one and are therefore kept secret. I will share THE true one with you.

Preparation : 10 min Cooking : 20 min

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Ingredients

1 2/3 cup	canned tomatoes, low sodium	400 g
1 clove	garlic
1/2	onions, finely chopped	100 g
1/2	carrots, finely chopped	50 g
1/4 stalk	celery, finely chopped	18 g
2 tbsp	olive oil	30 mL
1/2 tsp	salt	2 g
1/4 tsp	ground pepper	1 g

Before you start

A food processor to chop the vegetables and a pressure cooker to reduce the cooking time would make things easier with this recipe.

Method

Finely chop the onion, carrot, celery, and garlic.
Heat the oil in the pressure cooker or in a saucepan over low heat. Add the chopped vegetables. Cook 4-5 min, stirring a few times: the vegetables must soften without burning. Add the diced tomatoes, salt and pepper to taste.
If you are using a pressure cooker, cover, close, and bring to high pressure. Cook 15 min from the time it starts to spatter. (Follow the manufacturer's directions to determine when high pressure has been reached). If you are not using a pressure cooker, simmer, covered, for about 45 min.