50+ Friends Club Cookbook -- SAUCES -- Fennel Sauce

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Fennel Sauce

From the Kitchen of: Pepper
Source: adapted from Jane Brody's Good Food Gourmet

1	tablespoon	light olive oil
1	cup	green onions, thinly sliced
2	cups	fennel bulbs, finely chopped
1/2	teaspoon	fennel seed
1/4	teaspoon	pepper
1/8	teaspoon	salt
1	can (14-16 oz size)	Italian Style tomatoes, canned
1	tablespoon	tomato paste
1	tablespoon	sugar (optional)

Saute green onions in olive oil for three minutes. Add the fennel, fennel seed, pepper, and salt, and cook the mixture, stirring often, another three minutes. Stir in the tomatoes with their juice and the tomato paste, and cook the sauce 5 minutes longer. Pour sauce over stuffed pasta shells or other types of pasta dishes.