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Created with Fabric.js 1.4.5 MALLORY TIPPIN TOMATOSAUCE WHAT IS A TOMATO SAUCE? Tomato sauce is any of a very large number of sauces made primarily from tomatoes, usually to be served as part of a dish. Tomato sauces are common for meat and vegetables, but they are perhaps best known assauces for pasta dishes. In the culinary arts, the term "mother sauce" refers to any one of five basic sauces, which are the starting points for making various secondary sauces or "small sauces. Traditionally, the sauce tomate was thickened with roux, and some chefs still prepare it this way FACTS The Tomato History has origins traced back to the early Aztecs around 700 A.D; therefore it is believed that the tomato is native to the Americas. It was not until around the 16th century that Europeans were introduced to this fruit when the early explorers set sail to discover new lands. It was not regarded as a kitchen vegetable until the times preceding The Civil War Period in the United States. From this pointforward,tomatoes have become a staple item in the kitchen throughout the world. It appears though that tomatoes have had the largest impact on American eating habits, as they are responsible for enjoyingover 12 million tons of tomatoes each year. The first written account of a tomato in Italy dates to 1548 and it was in Tuscany.In that account, the fruit, incorrectly aligned with the eggplant, was given the name “pomidoro,” The tomato is native to western South America and Central America.
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