Speedy Tomato Sauce / Jill Silverman Hough

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 onion, cut into 1/4-inch dice
• 8 cloves garlic, pressed through a garlic press or minced
• 1 tablespoon fennel seeds, lightly crushed in a mortar and pestle
• Two 28-ounce cans crushed tomatoes
• One 6-ounce can tomato paste
• 2 teaspoons coarse kosher salt, or more to taste
• 3/4 cup Zinfandel, or other dry red wine
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil
• 1 1/2 teaspoons chopped fresh oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon hot sauce, such as Tabasco
• 1 tablespoon sugar, optional