| 
           Sauce Tomate  | 
        
        
          | 
          Yield  10 quarts or 10 liters | 
        
        
          | Fresh 
          Tomatoes (or tomato puree) | 
          6 pounds | 
          2.5 
          kilograms | 
        
        
          | Mirepoix | 
            | 
            | 
        
        
          |   
          Carrots | 
          6 ounces | 
          200 grams | 
        
        
          |   
          Celery | 
          4 ounces | 
          100 grams | 
        
        
          |   
          Onion | 
          4 ounces | 
          100 grams | 
        
        
          |   
          Bay leaf | 
          1 ea | 
          1 ea | 
        
        
          |   
          Thyme | 
          2 sprigs | 
          2 sprigs | 
        
        
          | Oil | 
          3/4 cup | 
          2 
          deciliters | 
        
        
          | Flour | 
          4 ounces | 
          100 grams | 
        
        
          | 
          White stock | 
          12 quarts | 
          12 liters | 
        
        
          | Sugar 
          (optional) | 
          1/4 cup | 
          80 grams | 
        
        
          | Salt | 
          1 
          tablespoon | 
          20 grams | 
        
        
          | 
          Procedure | 
        
        
          | 
          1. Heat Oil, fry bacon and 
          mirepoix | 
        
        
          | 
          2. Add the chopped fresh tomatoes and fry while 
          stirring in the flour | 
        
        
          | 
          3. Add white stock | 
        
        
          | 
          4. Simmer for 1 to 1.5 hours | 
        
        
          | 
          5. Strain. add sugar and salt and adjust seasoning if 
          needed |