Recipe for "spagh-sauce-2"

NAME

     SPAGH-SAUCE-2 - Very easy and cheap spaghetti sauce
     This recipe is from Consumer Reports, which rated it as much
     better than most bottled sauces-and cheaper.
     You can add whatever additional ingredients you like  (mush-
     rooms, tomatoes, etc.) to this basic recipe.

INGREDIENTS (Serves 4)

     50 ml     olive oil
     1         garlic clove
     1         small onion, chopped
     1 kg      crushed tomatoes
     500 g     tomato paste
     300 ml    water
     10 ml     dried basil
     2 ml      black pepper
     4 ml      salt (or less to taste)
               oregano (optional)

PROCEDURE

          (1)  Brown the garlic in the olive  oil  in  a  6-liter
               pan.
          (2)  Add the onion and brown until  transparent.   (You
               can saute a tomato in here also if you want.)
          (3)  Add the rest of the ingredients and simmer for  30
               minutes,  stirring  often.   (Longer cooking won't
               hurt.)

NOTES

     It is better than bottled sauces!

RATING

     Difficulty: easy.  Time: 5  minutes  chopping,  30  or  more
     minutes cooking.  Precision: no need to measure.

CONTRIBUTOR

     Evelyn C. Leeper
     AT&T Information Systems, Holmdel NJ