Basic tomato sauce

Posted by Penny Moline on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 Under: tomatoe what to do with them
10 to 12 pounds fresh tomatoes chopped
2 oz olive oil
12 ounces onions chopped
1 oz garlic
salt and pepper

Cook onions until tender, add garlic cook lightly then add tomatoes.

Cooking time varies, on ingredients.  Usually  the less cooking time for for fruits or vegetables the better.  Cooking for long lenghts of time reduces the fresh flavor.

Stir the tomato sauce often. 

Puree the sauce if desired.  Check the balance and seasoning of the sauce and make adjustments.

You may add  carrots, or a mirepoix which is 50 percent onions, 25 percent celery, 25 percent carrots.  If desired at the beginning of the sauce.

 Example recipe for mirepoix:

8 oz chopped onion
4 oz chopped carrot
4 oz chopped celery



Add fresh herbs just before the sauce is finished.  Basil is my favorite

To have different options add some of the following.

Tomato paste or puree
smoked meats
cooked hamburger
sauteed mushrooms

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Basic tomato sauce

Posted by Penny Moline on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 Under: tomatoe what to do with them
10 to 12 pounds fresh tomatoes chopped
2 oz olive oil
12 ounces onions chopped
1 oz garlic
salt and pepper

Cook onions until tender, add garlic cook lightly then add tomatoes.

Cooking time varies, on ingredients.  Usually  the less cooking time for for fruits or vegetables the better.  Cooking for long lenghts of time reduces the fresh flavor.

Stir the tomato sauce often. 

Puree the sauce if desired.  Check the balance and seasoning of the sauce and make adjustments.

You may add  carrots, or a mirepoix which is 50 percent onions, 25 percent celery, 25 percent carrots.  If desired at the beginning of the sauce.

 Example recipe for mirepoix:

8 oz chopped onion
4 oz chopped carrot
4 oz chopped celery



Add fresh herbs just before the sauce is finished.  Basil is my favorite

To have different options add some of the following.

Tomato paste or puree
smoked meats
cooked hamburger
sauteed mushrooms

In : tomatoe what to do with them 

Next post: potato tomato...
Previous post: Pico de gallo

« Back to posts

let me know what you think of the recipes and how I can improve my site.. These are my favorite recipes... and I hope you love them as much as I do... Please let me know... and if there is something you would like to know about cooking... I will do my best to answer questions for you...If I don't know. I will find out!

Cooking with Passion


Penny Moline A little about myself to get started..I got my first job cooking at the age of 14..at the snack bar across the street from my high school.. I am a graduate of an ACF (American Culinary Federation) Culinary Arts program...I have a degree with honors in Culinary Arts.... I have been teaching at a local college since 2002.( Oh and I was lucky enough to get to go to Paris and take a pastry and danish class too). During the 2002 winter Olympics I was the Executive. Pastry chef at the only fine dining restaurant in the media center. That was so exciting. I have worked in fine dining restaurants, and worked for a manufacturing rep company.. I was the product specialist for Kitchenaid and Weber grills...and got to do the training on my two wonderful products. Tough job...but someone got be be lucky enough to do it! Everything I have done... I have loved! Teaching has been the greatest. What a dream job. I have students that want to learn all they can about cooking. Our school is a production based program, which allows the students to get a lot of hands on training. We run a restaurant that serves fresh bread of the day, soup, salad, (and salad bar), an ever changing entree and dessert daily. So the students not only makes bread from scratch once or twice like some schools they make it more than a dozen times before their rotation is changed. I know we are doing a great job as the local police eat there almost daily. Plus...my program is full and we now have a waiting list to get in. Not too shabby I would say. Several of our students have won national and local cooking and baking awards... what can I say? I love to cook.... I really love my job...and I would like to feed the world with one recipe at a time! I It is really rewarding to love what you do...and to have passion for it. You don't have to make pretentious food to make good food. You just need to use fresh ingredients...and use what is in season. Most importantly...you need to love to eat...and then the passion for cooking is there...Don't let cooking intimidate . you...YOU CAN COOK...and remember this KISS (keep it simple silly).. Let me know what you think! My email is chefpennymoline@gmail.com

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