Sugo Finto - Italian "Fake Sauce"
A naturally vegan Italian sauce. A classic ragu but without the meat. A classic dish in the cucina povera tradition.
Ingredients
- 1 big onion
- 2 carrots
- 2 stalk of celery peel off the top layer
- 2-3 sage leaves chopped
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 rosemary sprig
- 2 bay leaves
- A handful of parsley chopped
- 4 tbsp Olive oil
- 250 ml red wine
- 600 g tomato passata / chopped tomatoes
- salt to taste
- pepper to taste
Instructions
- Chop all the fresh herbs and dice the onion, carrot and celery.
- Heat up the olive oil in a pan, then add onion, carrot and celery, the herbs, whole garlic, bay leaves and rosemary. let it cook for 10 minutes, until lightly browned.
- Add the wine and let it cook until evaporated. Add tomato passata and fill up the bottle/can with vegetable stock and add it to the pot.
- Leave to cook on low heat for about 20/30 minutes, the more the better really, you keep checking on it and add water if necessary. The sauce will reduce and become thicker.. You can season pasta with it , have it with polenta or bread! A real treat!
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