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"James Silverton" > wrote:

> 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.

<laughs> Sounds like fun, but I'd have to taste it to see first!
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