Tomato Sauce ll

Ingredients

1/2 can tomatoes
1 teaspoon sugar
8 peppercorns
Bit of bay leaf
1/2 tsp salt
4 tbsp butter
4 tbsp flour
1 cup Brown Stock (either homemade or reduced sodium canned beef stock)

Cook tomatoes twenty minutes with sugar, peppercorns, bay leaf, and salt; rub through a strainer, and add stock. Brown the butter, add flour, and when well browned, gradually add hot liquid.

(From Fannie Farmer Cookbook)