- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 onion, chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 (15 ounce) cans tomato sauce
- 5 tomatoes, chopped
- 12 mushrooms, sliced
- 1 small bell pepper, chopped
- 2 stalks celery, chopped
- 2 carrots, shredded
- 2 small zucchini, sliced
- 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
- 1/4 cup red cooking wine
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon dried sage
- 2 bay leaves
- Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat; saute onion and garlic until onion becomes translucent, about 5 minutes. Add tomato sauce, tomatoes, mushrooms, bell pepper, celery, carrots, zucchini, tomato paste, cooking wine, soy sauce, and black pepper; simmer for 2 hours.
- Stir basil, oregano, sage, and bay leaves into sauce and simmer until flavors blend, 1 to 2 hours. Remove bay leaves.