TOMATO SAUCE

Ingredients 

Chopped beef bacon                                 20gm
Clarified butter                                          20gm
Carrot, medium dice                                 40gm
Onion, diced                                            50gm      
Garlic, minced                                          1 clove
Flour                                                        20gm
Tomato concasse                                     500gm
White stock                                             1 liter
Beef, bone, roasted                                  300gm
Tomato puree                                          70gm
Bay leaf                                                   1 nos
Thyme                                                     3gm
Sugar                                                       to taste
Salt and pepper                                        to taste

Technique of Preparation

1. Render the bacon in the butter.
2. Add the carrots and onions, saute until the onion are translucent 
3. Add the garlic and saute until an aroma arises.
4. Add the flour, cook for 5 minutes.
5. Combine the tomato concasse, stock and tomato puree. Add to the onion mixture in the pan. Return to a simmer after each addition.
6. Add the roasted beef bones, bay and sugar. Simmer for a few minutes.
7. Strain through coarse sieve, remove and discard the bones and aromatics. Press well on the soils remaining in the coarse sieve to extract all juices. 
8. Puree the sauce through a food blender.
9. Adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper to taste. 

(source; al, M. S. (2012). Culinary Arts 1. Kuala Lumpur: UiTM Press, UiTM 2010.)