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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Using a food processor, process tomatoes until mostly smooth. A few small chunks are OK. | 2. Crush the garlic using a garlic press, or finely chop. | 3. Clean the fennel well, then slice into 1/4" slices and dry the pieces with a paper towel. | 4. Add the oil to a large, heavy stock pot. | 5. When shimmering, add the fennel and saute until it's starting to lightly brown. | 6. Add the garlic and stir just until it's fragrant. | 7. Immediately add the processed tomatoes. | 8. Add the tomato paste, basil, and spices. | 9. Cook for an hour, uncovered, with the sauce just barely simmering, and stirring occasionally. | 10. Taste the sauce. If it is a bit acidic/tart, add 1 T of sugar at a time stirring well and tasting it after each addition. Add no more than 1/4 cup at this time. | 11. Continue simmering,. If you like a "fresh" sauce with some tomato lumps, you can use it as quickly as 1 hour. If you like a smooth sauce, as she makes hers, continue to cook. | 12. After another hour, taste it again. If it's still too acidic/tart for your taste, add more sugar, 1 T at a time, tasting after each addition. | 13. When done, freeze or can the sauce for later consumption. If you can it, make sure you follow safe canning procedures and make sure the pH is safe. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
tomato	4	cans		160.8396	34.7592	7.8633	1.7871
tomato paste	2	cans		278.8	64.294	14.687999999999999	1.598
olive oil	2	tablespoons		238.68	0.0	0.0	27.0
fennel bulb	1/2			-	-	-	-
sugar	1/3	cup		268.66	67.1987	0.0	0.0
basil leaf	15			-	-	-	-
garlic clove	8			-	-	-	-
red pepper flake	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
white pepper	1	teaspoon		7.104	1.6466	0.2496	0.0509

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.