Sugo di Pomodoro for Gnocchi

• 1 pound of tomatoes
• 1 chopped onion
• 1 carrot

Skin the tomatoes and chop them. Chop the other vegetables. Put the bacon rinds in a pan over a gentle heat to extract the fat. Remove the bacon rinds, throw in the chopped vegetables and the tomatoes. When they are simmering add the sugar, the herbs, and the lemon juice. Let this cook in the pan, well covered, for an hour over a very gentle heat. Then pass it through a sieve and taste it. If n