Dad's Ultimate Pizza Sauce

Ingredients

• 1 large bay leaf 
• 1 tablespoon butter 
• 8 ounce tomato sauce canned
• 0.3 cup celery finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon basil dried
• 1 teaspoon fennel seeds 
• 0.5 teaspoon garlic minced
• 0.3 teaspoon ground pepper black
• 2 tablespoons olive oil 
• 0.5 cup onion chopped
• 1 teaspoon oregano dried
• 2 tablespoons parmesan cheese grated
• 0.5 teaspoon salt 
• 6 ounce tomato paste canned
• 0.5 teaspoon sugar white

Equipment

• frying pan

Directions

1. Melt butter with olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir onion, celery, and garlic in the butter mixture until the onion is soft and translucent, 5 to 7 minutes.
2. Stir tomato sauce and tomato paste into the onion mixture until smooth; add Parmesan cheese, fennel seeds, basil, oregano, salt, sugar, pepper, and bay leaf. Stir the sauce and bring to a slow simmer; cook at a slow simmer for 1 hour.
3. Remove and discard bay leaf before use.