Homemade Pasta Sauce

Being the forgetful person that I am, I need to record this recipe in my own blog for easy reference in the future. I've made this sauce years ago using my aunt's recipe. But since I can't really recall much of the ingredients used, I googled and found this recipe. Did some modification to it using whatever I can recall from my aunt's recipe which I think is easier. 

Ingredients: 

• 2 carrots, 3 stalks celery, 2 big onions, 3 tomatoes, 2 large cloves garlic - all roughly chopped
• 2 dried bay leaves
• 1 medium can tomato paste
• 1 handful fresh basil
• Freshly ground black pepper & salt
• No sugar added Apple juice
• Dash of olive oil
• 2-3 tablespoons unsalted butter

1. Heat the sauce pan with some olive oil and saute the garlic & onions.
2. Saute all the vegetables for a few minutes.
3. Add in tomato paste, basil and bay leaves. 
4. Add apple juice (adjust to desired consistency)
5. Simmer for 1 hour
6. Season to taste. I added some dried mixed herbs too.
7. Remove the bay leaves and blend it. 
8. Taste the sauce and add 2-3 tablespoons of unsalted butter.
   > This will help to mellow out the acid from the tomatoes, round out the flavor and give the sauce a nice silky finish
9. You can store this in sterilized bottle and freeze for future use.