Mom's Best Spaghetti Sauce

Ingredients

• (14.5 ounce) can swhole peeled tomatoes
• cup sfresh slice d mushrooms
• (15 ounce) can stomato sauce
• (6 ounce) can stomato paste
• cup swater
• onions, chopped
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil
• clove sgarlic, minced
• teaspoon swhite sugar
• pinch esbaking soda, divided
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Instructions

1. Gather all ingredients. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
2. Mix together whole tomatoes, mushrooms, tomato sauce, tomato paste, water, onions, basil, garlic, sugar, 1 pinch of baking soda, salt, and pepper in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat while stirring, then reduce heat to a simmer, and cook for at least 4 hours. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
3. Stir in remaining pinch of baking soda; sauce will foam. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until thick and almost brown. Make sure to scrape the sides of the pan into the sauce. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
4. Stir in Parmesan cheese. Taste sauce: if too tangy or acidic, add another pinch of baking soda and simmer for 30 more minutes. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
5. Let sauce cool to room temperature, then cover and refrigerate for 8 hours to overnight. Reheat the next day and serve. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios