Basic Italian Tomato Sauce | Paula Deen

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1 chopped onion
• 4 cloves minced garlic
• 2 large chopped fine carrots
• 1 (35 oz) can Italian peeled tomatoes with basil leaves
• 2 bay leaves
• 1/2 stick room temperature unsalted butter
• 1/2 (12 oz) jar roughly chopped roasted red bell peppers
• to taste salt
• to taste Pepper