My Dad always complains that my pasta sauces are thin and watery so last night I decided to try something different. Instead of just boiling the heck out of it and letting the juices evaporate, which I've tried before with little success, I blended it all together before cooking. It worked! It was actually the best part of the dinner. I had tried pan frying the ravioli, but they came out rather tough and the organic chicken sausage had a funny flavor to me. At least the thing that I made from scratch turned out well. My dad took a look at the sauce and said, "That looks like a Stoup. Yup, I know what stoup is!"
Allison's Thick Pasta Sauce
2 heads garlic, peeled
1/2 cup baby carrots
1/2 mushroom stems
1 can tomato paste
1 16 oz can diced tomatoes, drained (large sized can)
1 12 oz can diced tomatoes
1 8oz tomato sauce
16 mushrooms, sliced
1 onion, diced
1 tbsp dried parsley
1 tbsp dried marjoram
1 tbsp black pepper
1 tbsp crushed red pepper flakes
2 tbsp dried basil
pinch of sugar
Directions:
In a blender, blend garlic, carrots, mushroom stems, tomato paste, diced tomatoes, and tomato sauce. In a medium sized pan over medium-high heat, saute onions and mushrooms. Add spices except sugar, sauté for one minute. Add blended tomato mixture. Add pinch of sugar and bring to a boil. Let simmer for at least an hour or until garlic is cooked.
Grade: A
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