North Croatian Simple Tomato Sauce

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 500 g tomatoes (strained juice or package 500 g)
• 1 tablespoon oil (or lard)
• 2 teaspoons flour
• 2 g celery leaves (or one sprig green celery)
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 6 g salt
• 1/2 cup water

Recipe

• 1 heat oil and add flour. fry until slight brown (or 1-2 minutes). add gently some water and make creamy liquid.
• 2 add all tomato juice, salt, sugar and celery sprig. add the rest of the water.
• 3 it is cooked after 20 minutes, but you can cook more if you want (do not burn it). remove celery sprig before serving.