Tomato Sauce With Heavy Cream Recipe

Ingredients

1/3 cup butter

3 Tbsp each, onion, carrots, celery, all chopped very fine

2 ½ cups of canned tomatoes and their juice

Salt

½ cup heavy cream (35%) - put more if you like it more creamy

Pasta, preferably penne or tortellini, not a long noodle it does not hold the sauce as well

Preparation

Put all the ingredients in a saucepan with the exception of the heavy cream Cook uncovered at the merest simmer for 45 minutes. Stir from time to time.

Puree (food mill, blender, or immersion hand blender) until the sauce has no lumps

Add heavy cream, cook for approx. 1 minute until heated through

At this point I also add about 2 oz of vodka but that is optional