Roasted Vegetable Sauce

Total Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 30 roma tomatoes, halved, cored, and seeded
• 2 onions, halved
• 6 carrots, peeled and cut into half to an inch chunks
• 4 stalks celery, roughly chopped
• 2 heads garlic, peeled and woody ends removed
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• salt and pepper
• 1 (14 ounce) can vegetable broth
• 2 teaspoons dried basil (or 4 teaspoons if using fresh)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees. toss prepared vegetables in a very large bowl. add the olive oil, and a healthy amount of salt and pepper. mix until all vegetables are completely coated with oil and seasoning.
• 2 transfer the vegetables and the oil to two separate baking sheets. roast in the oven for an hour, rotating rakes half way.
• 3 once roasted transfer the vegetables, including the juices and oil, to a large bowl and puree with am emersion blender until smooth (or do in batches in a food processor.).
• 4 stir in the vegetable broth, basil, and salt and pepper to taste.