A really good Italian sauce – put it on everything!

Ingredients:

• 1/4 lb butter
• 3 Tab onion, finely chopped
• 3 Tab carrots, finely chopped
• 3 Tab celery, finely chopped
• 2 1/2 c canned Italian tomatoes, with juice
• 2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp sugar
• 1/2 c heavy cream

Directions:

1. Put all ingredients in cream in a saucepan.
2. Cook at at the merest simmer for 1 hour, uncovered.
3. Stir from time to time with a wooden spoon.  (Tradition!)
4. Puree with a food mill.  (You can prepare the sauce up to this point and refrigerate or freeze.)
5. Place in saucepan and bring to a simmer, stirring with a wooden spoon.
6. Add the cream and cook, stirring, for 1 minute more.
7. Correct for salt.
8. Use immediately.

Serves:  6

Source:  Bob Dell-Imagine