1 tablespoon Olive oil
2 teaspoons Sugar
4 medium Onions -- chopped
1/4 teaspoon Salt
4 Garlic cloves -- chopped
1/4 teaspoon Ground black pepper
28 ounces Plum tomatoes in thick puree
2 pounds String beans -- trimmed and
2 teaspoons Leaf thyme -- crumbled
Halved
1 Heat oil in Dutch oven over
Procedures
covered, stirring occasionally, 8 minutes or until softened. Add tomatoes, thyme, sugar, salt and pepper, breaking tomatoes with back of spoon. Stir in the string beans. Simmer, covered, stirring occasionally, 25 to 35 minutes or until beans are tender.