Homemade Pasta Sauce

                          Sauce from fresh tomatoes, basil and garlic.

Ingredients

·         5 pounds of fresh tomatoes, peeled and seeded (to peel, cut a small "x" on the top and drop in to boiling water for 10 seconds and drop in to an ice bath. Skin will easily peel off)

·         1/4 cup olive oil (or tallow)

·         3 medium onions, diced

·         8 cloves of fresh garlic (or more to taste), finely minced

·         1/3 cup fresh basil leaves, finely chopped

·         1 sprig of fresh thyme leaves (or 1/2 tsp dried)

·         1 sprig of fresh oregano (or 1 teaspoon dried oregano)

·         2 bay leaves (remove when done)