Thick Tomato Sauce

Use for making pizzas, or for freezing. This recipe makes approximately 2 cups of product.

Ingredients

 * 2 tbsp olive oil
 * 1 medium onion
 * 1 clove garlic
 * 1½ medium (14 oz) cans peeled tomatoes
 * ¼ cup tomato paste
 * sea salt and black pepper
 * 1 tsp sugar
 * ½ bay leaf
 * 2 tsp chopped basil

Directions

 * 1) Heat the oil in a broad pan.
 * 2) Peel and chop the onion and cook it slowly until softened.
 * 3) Do not let the onion color more than a pale yellow.
 * 4) Peel and crush the garlic and add it towards the end.
 * 5) Pour in the canned tomatoes with their juice and the tomato puree (paste).
 * 6) Chop roughly in the pan with the edge of a palette knife.
 * 7) Add the salt and pepper, sugar, and bay leaf.
 * 8) Simmer slowly for 1 hour with the lid off, until reduced to a thick sauce, stirring now and then.
 * 9) Add the chopped basil for the last few minutes only.