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Kittencal's Creamy Tomato Pasta Sauce Vegetarian Or Meat Option

This is a full-flavored rich tomato sauce that benefits with a long slow cooking time, this sauce will take a couple of hours to cook and will only improve in flavor if made 1-3 days ahead and refrigerated, this will give the flavors time to blend and intensify even more, i also want to mention that the sauce will taste totally different after the 2-1/2 hour cooking time, when i make this sauce i use 1/2 cup cream, you will need to adjust the cream until you have reached the desired taste------------- to take this to yet another level 1 pound mild or spicy italian sausages with casings removed may be added to the sauce, see instructions on the bottom of the recipe --- you will love this sauce! :)

Steps

Heat oil in a medium pot over medium-high heat.
Add in onion , bell pepper and chopped sun-dried tomatoes.
Cook stirring for about 5-6 minutes or until softened.
Add in garlic , chili flakes and basil.
Cook stirring for 2 minutes ,.
Add in tomato paste.
Stir for 2 minutes.
Add in crushed and plum tomatoes with juice.
Bring to a simmer over medium heat stirring and breaking up the whole tomatoes with a fork.
Reduce heat to low cover with a lid and simmer for 30 minutes.
Uncover and continue to simmer over low heat for another 2 hours stirring frequently.
Season with salt and black pepper about halfway through cooking.
At this point and before the addition of the cream you may cool the sauce and refrigerate up to 3 days.
At the end of cooking mix in the cream starting with 1 / 3 cup and adding in more until you reach your desired creaminess.
Stir until heated through.
Delicious !.
The addition of sausage meat.
In the pot brown the sausage meat with onion , bell pepper .

Ingredients

olive oil, onion, red bell pepper, sun-dried tomatoes packed in oil, fresh garlic, crushed red pepper flakes, dried basil, tomato paste, crushed tomatoes, plum tomatoes, salt, fresh ground black pepper, heavy whipping cream