Julie’s Homemade Italian Tomato Sauce (a-k-a Sunday Gravy)
Julie’s Homemade Italian Tomato Sauce (a-k-a Sunday Gravy)

Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, julie’s homemade italian tomato sauce (a-k-a sunday gravy). It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook julie’s homemade italian tomato sauce (a-k-a sunday gravy) using 13 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Julie’s Homemade Italian Tomato Sauce (a-k-a Sunday Gravy):
  1. Get 28 oz. can of tomato purée (crushed tomatoes would also work)
  2. Get 6 oz. can of tomato paste
  3. Prepare 1 TBS. bacon grease and/or extra virgin olive oil (I save up bacon grease drippings so I always have a reserve in a jar in the refrigerator)
  4. Take 1/2 sweet onion, finely chopped
  5. Prepare 8 oz. wine (red or white)
  6. Take 8 oz. water
  7. Prepare 4 basil leaves, chopped
  8. Get 2 bay leaves, whole
  9. Take 1 TBS. dried oregano
  10. Prepare 2 tsp. Sugar
  11. Take to taste Garlic salt
  12. Prepare to taste Black pepper
  13. Make ready 1 heel of Parmesan cheese, optional
Instructions to make Julie’s Homemade Italian Tomato Sauce (a-k-a Sunday Gravy):
  1. In a large pot, sauté the chopped onions in the bacon grease (preferable) or the olive oil, or a combination of both, until the onions are soft and begin to turn brown.
  2. Add the remaining ingredients together into the pot and simmer, covered, all day long (but for at least a couple hours). For added flavor and an amazing taste, add meatballs (see my recipe), sausage, pork ribs and/or a heel of cheese (yes, just toss the entire heel into the pot). The more, the merrier!
  3. When ready to serve, remove and discard the bay leaves and the heel of cheese.
  4. Serve over your favorite pasta.
  5. Tip: Make a double batch and freeze the extra for next week!
  6. Buon appetito! 🇮🇹

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