GDR school kitchen tomato sauce

Ingredients for 2 servings:

• ½ tbsp butter
• ½ tbsp flour
• 300 ml water
• 300 ml milk
• 100 g tomato paste
• 1 vegetable stock cube
• ½ small onion(s)
• 1 tbsp sugar
• salt and pepper
• pepper

Instructions

Working time approx. 10 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 20 minutes; Total time approx. 30 minutes

Put the butter in a small saucepan, heat it up, and melt it. Add the flour—you can vary the sauce to your liking. Some people like the sauce a little thicker, others prefer it thinner. The original sauce was rather thin. Sauté the flour in the butter until light yellow. Pour in the milk and water and stir everything well. You can vary the milk a little, or replace it entirely with water, but the taste is closer to the original using milk. Add the stock cube and tomato paste. At first, everything will look a little pink; the color will change once everything has come to a boil. Season to taste with sugar, salt, and pepper, and finally add the grated half of a small onion.