French Tomato Sauce

• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 4 ounces bacon, diced
• 1 cup chopped carrot
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1/4 cup flour
• 6 1/2 pounds fresh tomatoes, skinned, seeded, and diced
• 1 tablespoons chopped garlic
• 4 cups light stock
• 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
• Salt and pepper

1. In a large sauce pot heat oil, and add the bacon and cook until slightly crispy.
2. Add the carrots and onions, cover and slowly cook for 20 minutes.
3. Add a dusting of flour to the vegetables and cook until the flour turns golden.
4. Add the tomatoes, garlic, and stock.
5. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 2 hours.
6. Add the sugar and season with salt and pepper.
7. Carefully puree with a hand mixer and strain through a fine sieve.

olive oil, bacon, carrot, onion, flour, fresh tomatoes, garlic, light stock, sugar, salt

Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/emeril-lagasse/french-tomato-sauce-recipe.html (may not work)