Tomato Sauce with Mushrooms

Name: Tomato Sauce with Mushrooms
Yield: Yield: About 3 Cups.
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons butter; ½ cup finely chopped onion; 2 cups crushed tomatoes; ½ cup finely chopped celery; 1 tablespoon flour; ¼ pound mushrooms, thinly sliced; Salt to taste, if desired; Freshly ground pepper to taste; ½ teaspoon finely chopped garlic; ½ cup finely chopped sweet green pepper; Tabasco sauce to taste; ½ bay leaf

Preparation info

Yield: About
3 Cups

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Craig Claiborne's Southern Cooking

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1987

About

Ingredients

3 tablespoons butter
½ cup finely chopped celery
½ cup

Americas
United States
Sauce
Vegetarian
Spicy

Method

Melt 1 tablespoon butter and add the celery, onion, green pepper, and garlic. Cook, stirring, about 5 minutes. Add the mushrooms, salt, and pepper. Cook about 3 minutes and sprinkle with flour. Stir to blend well.
Add the tomatoes and stir. Add the bay leaf and simm