Tomato and Mushroom Sauce
2 slices chopped bacon or small quantity uncooked ham
1 slice onion
6 slices carrot
1 bay leaf
2 sprigs thyme
Sprig of parsley
2 cloves
½ teaspoon peppercorns
Few gratings nutmeg
3 tablespoons flour
½ can tomatoes
1½ cups Brown Stock
Salt and pepper
½ can mushrooms
Cook bacon, onion, and carrot five minutes; add bay leaf, thyme, parsley, cloves, peppercorns, nutmeg, and tomatoes, and cook five minutes. Add flour diluted with enough cold water to pour; as it thickens, dilute with stock. Cover, and cook in oven one hour. Strain, add salt and pepper to taste, and one-half can mushrooms, drained from their liquor, rinsed, and cut in quarters; then cook two minutes. Use fresh mushrooms in place of canned ones when possible.