Gina's Basic Spaghetti Sauce

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 small onions chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon fennel seeds
• 3 Cloves garlic minced
• 1 small green bell peppers
• 6 medium tomatoes ripe
• 12 ounces tomato puree (passata)
• 6 ounces tomato paste
• 2 teaspoons oregano dried
• 1 teaspoon basil dried
• 1 tablespoon parsley leaves dried
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/4 cup parmesan, parmigiano-reggiano cheese, grated

1. Prepare the tomatoes: drop them into a pot of boiling water for about a minute.
2. Drain and rinse with cold water.
3. Slip off the skins, cut out the "core", and coarsely chop.
4. Set aside.
5. In a large pot, heat the oil.
6. Add onion and fennel seed.
7. Fry a couple minutes.
8. Add the pepper and garlic and fry a couple more minutes (don't let the precious garlic brown or burn, please!
9. ).
10. Add the rest of the ingredients.
11. Bring to a boil, lower heat, then simmer for as long as you can (at least an hour), stirring occasionally.

olive oil, onions, fennel seeds, garlic, green bell peppers, tomatoes, tomato puree, tomato paste, oregano dried, basil, parsley, salt, black pepper, parmesan

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/ginas-basic-spaghetti-sauce-34091 (may not work)