Tomatnyi sous - russian tomato sauce

2 cups

Ingredients

Quantity	Measure	Ingredient
1	tablespoon	Tomato paste
1½	pounds	Tomato, fresh, chopped
1	each	Garlic clove crushed
1	each	Green pepper, sm, chopped
1	each	Onion lg, chopped
1	teaspoon	Salt
½	teaspoon	Black pepper
½	teaspoon	Basil dried
½	teaspoon	Hot pepper sauce
1	tablespoon	Flour
1	tablespoon	Butter
½	teaspoon	Sugar or honey

Directions

Saute the garlic, onion, and the green pepper in the olive oil until soft but not browned. Stir in the tomatos, salt, pepper, basil, & the hot sauce. Cover and simmer for 25 minutes. Dump mixture into blender and puree for 1 minute. Melt butter in a saucepan then stir in the flour and cook for 3-5 minutes. Stir in the puree and add the tomato paste & sugar. Simmer for 10 more minutes. This may be refrigerated for 4 days or frozen. It is used in many Russian recipes. Origin: Chef Petra Ekanobanov, Arbot Gate Pub, Moscow-CIS, circa 1994 Submitted By DON HOUSTON On 05-04-95