Sweet Onion Tomato Sauce
A sweet onion tomoto sauce that it great for lasagnas and pastas!
Ingredients
- 1 tbls vegetable oil
- 1 tbls oregano
- 5 oz tomato paste
- 8 oz tomato sauce
- 16 oz water
- 1 large yellow onion peeled, cut in half
- 1 stick butter
- pinch basil
- pinch thyme
- salt and pepper to taste
Optional
- 1 cup mushrooms chopped
- Pinch beef bouillon
Instructions
- Toast spices, oregano, basil, thyme, salt and pepper, in a vegetable oil in a pot on medium heat until fragrant.1 tbls vegetable oil, pinch basil, pinch thyme, salt and pepper, 1 tbls oregano
- Add in the tomato paste, tomato sauce and water to the pot.5 oz tomato paste, 8 oz tomato sauce, 16 oz water
- Peel and cut onion in half and place in pot with sauce and spice mixture with stick of butter. Mix until butters melted.1 large yellow onion, 1 stick butter
- If you would like to add in the optional beef bouillon and chopped mushroom, do so now.Pinch beef bouillon, 1 cup mushrooms
- Cover and let sit on medium-low for 40 minutes stirring occasionally. Uncover and let simmer for 30 minutes.
- Then move to low, cover and let simmer until onion is very soft.
Notes
Tips for freezing
My family loves the large pieces of onion in the sauce, but thats not the easiest thing to freeze. We will tend to use the sauce, and leftovers are added to a blender, pulsed and then added to a tray to freeze. The Sweet onion tomato sauce should last 3 months in the freezer.