Recipe#8559

Title: FRENCH TOMATO SAUCE

Recipe By     : ESSENCE OF EMERIL SHOW

   3      tablespoons   olive oil
   4      ounces        bacon, -- diced
   1      cup           carrot -- chopped
   1      cup           onion -- chopped
     1/4  cup           flour
   6 1/2  pounds        fresh tomatoes, skinned, -- seeded, and diced
   1      tablespoon    garlic -- chopped
   4      cups          light stock
   1 1/2  tablespoons   sugar
                        Salt and pepper
In a large sauce pot heat oil, and add the bacon and cook until slightly crispy.
Add the carrots and
onions, cover and slowly cook for 20 minutes. Add a dusting of flour to the
vegetables and cook
until the flour turns golden. Add the tomatoes, garlic, and stock. Bring to a
boil, reduce the heat and
simmer for 2 hours. Add the sugar and season with salt and pepper. Carefully
puree with a hand
mixer and strain through a fine sieve. 
Yield :1 1/2 to 2 quart