| Sauce Tomate | 
        
          | Yield  10 quarts or 10 liters | 
        
          | Fresh 
          Tomatoes (or tomato puree) | 6 pounds | 2.5 
          kilograms | 
        
          | Mirepoix |  |  | 
        
          | Carrots | 6 ounces | 200 grams | 
        
          | Celery | 4 ounces | 100 grams | 
        
          | Onion | 4 ounces | 100 grams | 
        
          | Bay leaf | 1 ea | 1 ea | 
        
          | Thyme | 2 sprigs | 2 sprigs | 
        
          | Oil | 3/4 cup | 2 
          deciliters | 
        
          | Flour | 4 ounces | 100 grams | 
        
          | White stock | 12 quarts | 12 liters | 
        
          | Sugar 
          (optional) | 1/4 cup | 80 grams | 
        
          | Salt | 1 
          tablespoon | 20 grams | 
        
          | Procedure | 
        
          | 1. Heat Oil, fry bacon and 
          mirepoix | 
        
          | 2. Add the chopped fresh tomatoes and fry while 
          stirring in the flour | 
        
          | 3. Add white stock | 
        
          | 4. Simmer for 1 to 1.5 hours | 
        
          | 5. Strain. add sugar and salt and adjust seasoning if 
          needed |