Roasted Red Pepper And Tomato Sauce

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 56 ounces crushed tomatoes
• 12 ounces roasted red peppers
• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1/4 cup red (dry)
• 4 -6 garlic cloves, large minced
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/4 cup fresh basil

Recipe

• 1 heat the olive oil and garlic together until golden and fragrant. add red peppers and and reduce.
• 2 add the tomatoes, salt and basil. stir well to combine, bring to a boil then reduce to simmer. simmer no less than 30 minutes, the longer the better. (i sometimes put in a crock pot and let it cook on low all afternoon).
• 3 add sugar, stir. using an emersion blender puree sauce until smooth.
• 4 if it tastes a bit too acidic, you can add the butter to mellow the flavor.