Famous Pasta Sauce
- 4 quarts tomatoes
- 30 ounces spaghetti sauce
- 20 ounces tomato sauce
- 3 cans tomato paste
- 4 tablespoons italian seasoning
- 1/2 teaspoon sage ground
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon oregano
- 1 teaspoon parsley leaves
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/2 cup romano cheese grated
- 1/2 cup parmesan, parmigiano-reggiano cheese, grated grated
- NOTE: It is best to use fresh canned tomatoes and when you use the spaghetti sauce, the thicker the better.
- In a very LARGE pot, using a vegetable mill, grind tomatoes to remove seeds and hard pulp.
- Pour the tomato sauce and spaghetti sauce in the mill, and process it.
- If the tomatoes you added were watery, you might want to add a second jar/can of spaghetti sauce.
- Clean the jars out with water.
- The point you are trying to do is to retain as much of the essence of the ground whole tomatoes as possible.
- Discard the debris.
- Add the tomato paste directly to the tomato mixture.
- (Note, clean the cans of paste as best as possible.
- You want them to be very clean.)
- Mix well.
- Salt and pepper to taste.
- Add all spices and the cheeses and mix well.
- Cover and place on very low heat.
- If you wish to add meatballs to the sauce while it is cooking now is the time to make them.
- Once made, add them directly to the sauce.
- As it cooks you may want to adjust the spices and the cheeses depending on your tastes.
- We add at least another tablespoon of oregano, 2 table- spoons of parsley, a little more salt, and at least another 1/2 cup each of romano and parmesan cheeses.
- Stir every half hour or so to prevent scorching on the bottom of the pot.
- When the sauce is cooked down to your taste (and the meatballs are done to your liking), remove from heat and let sit for 1/2 hour.
tomatoes, spaghetti sauce, tomato sauce, tomato paste, italian seasoning, sage ground, garlic, oregano, parsley, sugar, romano cheese, parmesan
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/famous-pasta-sauce-38977 (may not work)