Julie’s Homemade Italian Tomato Sauce (a-k-a Sunday Gravy)
Julie’s Homemade Italian Tomato Sauce (a-k-a Sunday Gravy)

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My recipe for Italian tomato sauce and my homemade meatballs. Recipes can be found on DebsCucina.com! This Authentic Homemade Italian Meatballs with tomato sauce recipe is flavorful, moist, easy, and freezes well.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook julie’s homemade italian tomato sauce (a-k-a sunday gravy) using 13 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Julie’s Homemade Italian Tomato Sauce (a-k-a Sunday Gravy):
  1. Prepare 28 oz. can of tomato purée (crushed tomatoes would also work)
  2. Prepare 6 oz. can of tomato paste
  3. Make ready 1 TBS. bacon grease and/or extra virgin olive oil (I save up bacon grease drippings so I always have a reserve in a jar in the refrigerator)
  4. Take 1/2 sweet onion, finely chopped
  5. Get 8 oz. wine (red or white)
  6. Get 8 oz. water
  7. Get 4 basil leaves, chopped
  8. Take 2 bay leaves, whole
  9. Make ready 1 TBS. dried oregano
  10. Make ready 2 tsp. Sugar
  11. Prepare to taste Garlic salt
  12. Get to taste Black pepper
  13. Get 1 heel of Parmesan cheese, optional

This sauce can also be used for your homemade pizza. Find this Pin and more on Sauces and gravies by Karen Marie. This simple, fresh homemade tomato sauce is the perfect partner for all your Italian recipes. Easy, authentic, homemade tomato sauce is what I grew up on nearly every Sunday, maybe made with meatballs and spaghetti, maybe made plain and used for stuffed shells.

Instructions to make Julie’s Homemade Italian Tomato Sauce (a-k-a Sunday Gravy):
  1. In a large pot, sauté the chopped onions in the bacon grease (preferable) or the olive oil, or a combination of both, until the onions are soft and begin to turn brown.
  2. Add the remaining ingredients together into the pot and simmer, covered, all day long (but for at least a couple hours). For added flavor and an amazing taste, add meatballs (see my recipe), sausage, pork ribs and/or a heel of cheese (yes, just toss the entire heel into the pot). The more, the merrier!
  3. When ready to serve, remove and discard the bay leaves and the heel of cheese.
  4. Serve over your favorite pasta.
  5. Tip: Make a double batch and freeze the extra for next week!
  6. Buon appetito! 🇮🇹

If you're looking for a sauce that has a lot of ingredients and spices and sits on the stove all day building up acid and later. On Italian based tomato sauce in general; The misconception that the tomato has been central to Italian cuisine since its introduction from the I've honestly never noted much of a taste difference between a sauce made from fresh or store-bought tomatoes. As long as you buy fresh (within a day. Homemade Italian tomato sauce: if you happen to be in Italy in summer, you will certainly notice an abundance of fresh vegetables and fruit. Tomatoes, especially in the South of Italy, are a big thing and they're usually eaten by themselves, used into salads and also cooked to make a beautiful tomato.

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