Sauce Tomat

Ingredients

• 1.5 kg ripe tomatoes or tinned plum tomatoes
• 100 g salt pork or pancetta, diced
• 1 pieces onion, diced
• 1 pieces carrot, diced
• 40 g butter
• 30 g plain flour
• 400 ml white stock
• 3 pieces garlic cloves
• 1 pieces bay leaf
• 1 tsp sugar

Steps

1. 1
   Render the salt pork in the butter over low heat until its fat runs.
2. 2
   Add the onion and carrot and cook 10 minutes until soft and sweet.
3. 3
   Sprinkle over the flour and cook 3 minutes, stirring.
4. 4
   Add the tomatoes, garlic, bay leaf, sugar and stock and bring to a simmer.
5. 5
   Cook uncovered at the barest simmer for 1.5 hours, stirring occasionally so it does not catch.
6. 6
   Pass the sauce through a fine sieve or food mill, pressing the solids hard to extract everything.
7. 7
   Return to the pan, season and reduce further if it is thinner than you want.