grandma vinny's sauce

Directions

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   Grandma Vinny's Sauce Posted by liz at recipegoldmine.com This is from my Italian grandmother, Vincenza

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   Of course, she never wrote anything down so my sister and I used to follow her around the kitchen when we were young

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   Now I know some of you are thinking, "what! no garlic?" Vinny was from Naples but she rarely used garlic and when she did she used it spar

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   Olive oil 2 stalks celery, diced 1 medium onion, diced 1 (28 ounce) can tomatoes, peeled and chopped-with juice 4 (15 ounce) cans tomato sau

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   When the oil is hot, sauté the celery for about 5 minutes then add the onion and sauté both until the onion is limp

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   Add the tomatoes, raise the heat to high and bring to a boil

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   Lower the heat, add a pinch of sugar (takes the acid out of the tomatoes) and the tomato sauce

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   Season with the basil, salt and pepper