Thick Tomato Sauce

Ingredients

 * 2 tbsp olive oil
 * 1 med onion
 * 1 clove garlic
 * 1 1/2 med (14 oz) cans peeled tomatoes
 * 1/4 cup tomato paste
 * sea salt and black pepper
 * 1 tsp sugar
 * 1/2 bay leaf
 * 2 tsp chopped basil
 * directions

Directions
Heat the oil in a broad pan. Peel and chop the onion and cook it slowly until softened. Do not let the onion color more than a pale yellow. Peel and crush the garlic and add it towards the end. Pour in the canned tomatoes with their juice and the tomato puree (paste). Chop roughly in the pan with the edge of a palette knife. Add the salt and pepper, surgar, and bay leaf. Simmer slowly for 1 hour with the lid off, until reduced to a thick sauce, stirring now and then. Add the chopped basil for the last few minutes only. Use for making pizzas, or for frezing. This recipe makes approximately 2 cups of product.