French Tomato Sauce

Recipe Ingredients

3 tablespoons	45ml	Olive oil
4 oz	113g	Bacon - diced
1 cup	110g / 3.9oz	Chopped carrot
1 cup	62g / 2.2oz	Chopped onion
1/4 cup	15g / 0.5oz	Flour
6 1/2 lbs	2951g / 104oz	Fresh tomatoes - skinned, seeded,
		And diced
1 tablespoon	15ml	Chopped garlic
4 cups	948ml	Light stock
1 1/2 tablespoons	22ml	Sugar
		Salt - to taste
		Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste

Recipe Instructions

In a large sauce pot heat oil, and add the bacon and cook until slightly crispy. Add the carrots and onions, cover and slowly cook for 20 minutes. Add a dusting of flour to the vegetables and cook until the flour turns golden. Add the tomatoes, garlic, and stock. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 2 hours. Add the sugar and season with salt and pepper. Carefully puree with a hand mixer and strain through a fine sieve.

This recipe yields 1 1/2 to 2 quarts of sauce.

Source:
ESSENCE OF EMERIL with Emeril Lagasse - From the TV FOOD NETWORK - (Show # EE-2200 broadcast 10-08-1997) - Downloaded from their Web-Site - http://www.foodtv.com

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