Mel's Brown Pizza Sauce

Ingredients

• onions (4 )
• celery (3 stalks)
• sliced fresh mushrooms (1 cup)
• minced garlic (5 tablespoons)
• chicken broth (3 (900 ml) cartons)
• tomato paste (3 (12 ounce) cans)
• dried oregano (0.5 cup)
• ground black pepper (0.25 cup)
• white sugar (0.25 cup)
• celery salt (3 tablespoons)
• basil (2 teaspoons)
• onion powder (2 teaspoons)
• seasoned salt (2 teaspoons)
• vegetable oil (1.5 cups)
• all-purpose flour (0.5 cup)

Instructions

1. Working in batches, puree onions, celery, mushrooms, and garlic with 1/4 cup chicken broth in a food processor until smooth, adding more chicken broth as necessary.
2. Stir vegetable puree and remaining chicken broth together in large pot; bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer until flavors blend, about 45 minutes.
3. Stir tomato paste, oregano, black pepper, sugar, celery salt, basil, onion powder, and seasoned salt into broth mixture; bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer until flavors blend, about 45 minutes more.
4. Whisk oil and flour into tomato mixture until pizza sauce is smooth.

Nutrition

(*Nutrition data is approximate and may vary depending on the brand and type of ingredients used.)

• kcal: 201
• fat: 14 g
• sats: 2 g
• carbs: 17 g
• fibre: 3 g
• protein: 3 g
• salt: 1.492 g