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Originally Posted by GloucesterChief
Canned tomato sauce = trash. Way too sweet to hide the unripe tomatoes.
Tomato gravy should be simple. Meat, tomato paste, tomato puree, basil, oregano, crushed garlic, water, and a little bit of salt and/or red pepper. Anything else complicates things.
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Diced Yellow onion sauteed with the garlic is a MUST! Also some people will add a small amount of diced carrot at the same time.
Things like a little red wine, a touch of sugar, cooking the meatballs or sausage in the gravy can add extra depth to the sauce.
Many amateurs forget the tomato paste and they can't figure out why they have a watery sauce!