This is a quick and easy spaghetti sauce. It can be used in a variety of dishes. It can be used alone, or add meat or seafood to it. It freezes well so make a double batch, stick it in your freezer and never buy jar sauce again.
In a 6-quart saucepan with a lid or Dutch oven over medium heat, melt the butter. Add the onions and sauté until tender, about 6 minutes
Reduce the heat, add the garlic, and cook for an additional 30 seconds
Add the tomatoes and bay leaf and simmer for 20 minutes
Add the remaining ingredients and simmer for an additional 20 minutes
Remove from the heat. Remove the bay leaf. Use an immersion blender until almost smooth. (Or transfer the sauce to a blender and pulse until smoother but still rough.)
Turn heat to as low as it will go, return the sauce to the pot if necessary and simmer for 10 minutes to 2 hours, stirring occasionally
Notes
Sauce freezes very well so make a double batch if desiredThis recipe creates quite a lot of sauce as it is. I find I can easily get two meals from this recipe