I use this sauce for everything from eating spaghetti to making a BBQ sauce base.
Ingredients
Olive Oil
1/2 medium onion
1 to 2 tsp dried Oregano
1/4 to 1/2 tsp dried Thyme
2 cans Tomato Puree
1/2 to 1 cup red wine
1 to 2 Tbsp or more of sugar
Salt
Pepper
Tools
Knives
Cutting Board
Large Saucepan
Wooden spoon
Instructions:
1.) Dice onion to 1/4 in
2.) Heat pan, add onion and spices and cook till wilted
3.) Add tomatoes
4.) Cook for 5 to 10 minutes and add wine
5.) Add sugar a few pinches at a time to kill the tomato acid, adding some salt and pepper as you go
Notes:
*or 5 lbs of fresh stewing tomatoes if you have a few hours to boil them down and don't mind the work.
**you don't want it sweet, you just want to kill the acid, so this alternating method will bring the flavor up nicely. You will probably use more sugar than you think you will need.
Buy good puree like Tutto Rossa.
Be sure to pay attention to variations in my various other recipes - remember, most f the time this is just a base.