Traditional Pizza Sauce

This tomato sauce is lightly herbed with
oregano and basil, yet the basic tomato
taste is allowed to shine through. Some
pizza aficionados prefer an even simpler
sauce than this, but, you'll like the colors
and bouquet this sauce adds to your own,
home-made pizza. This recipe makes about 2
quarts.
Ingredients:
3 Tbsp. - Butter
16 Oz. - Can of Tomato Puree
3 Tbsp. - Olive Oil
1 Tsp. - Salt
3 Cloves - Garlic, Minced
1/4 Tsp. - Black Pepper
3 Large - Yellow Onions, Minced
1 Tsp. - Whole Oregano
2 Qts. - Canned Whole Italian Tomatoes
1 Tsp. - Whole Basil
In a Dutch oven or large skillet, melt the
butter with the olive oil and slowly but
completely sauté the garlic and onion.
Add the tomatoes, salt, pepper, oregano, basil
and puree. Bring to a boil, then simmer
covered for two hours. Stir occasionally,
crushing the tomatoes with a potato
masher.
Continue to mash, stir, and simmer partially
covered until the sauce reaches the
consistency of a rich soup.
If you find you have too many or too large
tomato seeds left in the sauce, you may run
the sauce through a sieve, (strainer). Set the
sauce aside to cool or refrigerate before
applying it to your pizza dough.

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