Omelet wrote on Sat, 21 Mar 2009 11:44:04 -0600:


> Heh! Hunts canned is a decent and inexpensive sauce with a bit
> of "herbing up" imho. My favorite stand alone marinara sauce
> tho' is Buitoni. It's found in the refrigerated section and
> imho it really is quite good and needs no help.

> Generally tho', I just use cans of tomato paste and start with
> onions in the pan with olive oil until they begin to get
> clear, add pressed garlic and fresh or dried "italian" herbs
> (basil, thyme, marjoram, mexican oregano, black pepper and
> some dried lemon peel) and go from there. I may also brown
> some italian sausage all crushed up with the onions as the
> base.

I think I may have mentioned that Contadina used to make a basic pizza
sauce in a squeeze bottle. Not great but useful in a hurry with
store-bought pizza bases but I have not seen it in months.

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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