Garden Fresh Tomato Sauce From Scratch
Garden Fresh Tomato Sauce
Turn late harvest garden tomatoes into a tasty pasta sauce you can enjoy all year long!
Ingredients
- 7-8 lbs fresh tomatoes
- 2 tbsp salt
- 2 tbsp fresh pepper
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 3 tbsp tomato paste
- 5 cloves garlic halved
- 1 cup basil leaves
- 3 sprigs thyme
- 3 bay leaves
- 4 tbsp sugar
Instructions
- Remove tomato skins by boiling tomatoes for 30-40 seconds, until skin starts to crack. Transfer to an ice bath to cool. Peel and discard skins.
- Cut tomatoes in half and add tomato pulp to a large heavy bottomed soup pot.
- Cook tomatoes over high heat. Add salt, pepper, olive oil, tomato paste, garlic, herbs, sugar and bay leaves.
- Add 1 cup of water to tomato mixture and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium low and continue to cook at a brisk simmer for approximately 30 minutes. Taste and adjust seasoning as desired
- Place sauce in a blender or use an immersion blender until desired consistency is reached.
- Transfer sauce to jars and refridgerate, freeze or can.
Notes
Sauce stored in the fridge will last 5 days.
Frozen sauce will keep for 6+ months
Canned sauce will last for 1+ years.
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