Recipe for 'sauce' on S. Tucci in Tuscany,

[elleng]

make 'sofrito,' cut carrots, onions, garlic, saute, and add tomatoes. SOME Italians call it GRAVY!

Tune in now, he's in Florence.

[asiliveandbreathe]

1. Just set to record..I use celery instead of carrots..I might try carrot

also green pepper with onion and garlic..to counter the acidity of tomato, I add couple tpsn of sugar..some say if you use a "red" pepper you don't need the sugar...

Thanks for the heads up..

[elleng]

2. GEE, he may have used celery too; please confirm, when you watch.

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Interesting, red pepper instead of sugar.

Just saw rerun, YES, celery.

[Dream Girl]

3. That sounds very southern. The way my mom used to make spaghetti.

Onion, green perry, sugar and instead of tomatoes she used catsup. I kid you not. I don’t know if that was her own twist or a legit southern version. It also had grown beef. Everything was kind of cooked together so it began kind of a mushy pasta. It was tasty in its own way but not even close to sphaghetti bolognese.we called it creole pasta but I don’t know if that was a real thing.

[DanieRains]

4. There Was Dark Green Stuff In Pan Dont Know What

Oregano?
Basil?

Was definitely a seasoning.