Small Miracles Pasta Sauce

Total Time: 3 hrs Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 onion
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 3 stalks celery
• 3 carrots
• 3 cubanelle peppers (or sweet bell peppers)
• 1 habanero
• 1 head garlic (i counted about 15 cloves)
• 1 cucumber, unpeeled
• 25 plum tomatoes (ish... i didn't count in the interest of using them up)
• 1/4 cup wine
• 1 sprig rosemary
• 3 sprigs lemon thyme
• 1 pinch dry basil
• 1 pinch black pepper
• 1 pinch sea salt
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste

Recipe

• 1 in a food processor, finely chop the onion.
• 2 heat the oil in a large pot and add the onion. lower the heat and gently cook, stirring occasionally, 15 minutes.
• 3 meanwhile, in the food processor (in batches, no need to clean) dice the celery, carrots, cubanelles, habanero and garlic.
• 4 when the onion is cooked add the diced vegetables, raise the heat to medium-high and cook until they soften.
• 5 finally, in the food processor puree the cucumber and the tomatoes. set aside.
• 6 add the wine to the pot and stir in well, let cook 1 minute.
• 7 add the herbs and pureed tomato-cucumber mixture, stir inches.
• 8 lower the heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 1 1/2 hours.
• 9 using a hand blender (or working in batches in a standard blender or food processor) puree until smooth.
• 10 season to taste, stir in the tomato paste and cook, stirring occasionally, 30 minutes.