There’s nothing sweeter that popping open the lid of a jar of Marinara Tomato Sauce and having a taste of summer’s best tomatoes in the midst of winter. That’s why I love canning tomato sauce. Let me rephrase that… that’s why I spent countless hours with my girl friends deseeding, peeling, and roasting tomatoes to make this perfect Marinara Sauce.
Last year I made freezer tomato sauce which was a bit easier but less easy to use during the winer. This season I’ve really be doing my best to make use of the fresh produce by canning. Besides canning marinara sauce, I’ve cannedApricot Jam,Peach Amaretto Jam, and I hope to can some salsa and pickles before the season’s end. Here are some more recipes to preserve the tastes of summer:
Mexican and Italian Crushed Tomatoes for Canningby Kelley at Mountain Mama Cooks
Easy Apricot Jamby me
Freezing Fresh Cornby Annalise at Completely Delicious
Blueberry Vanilla Bean Sauce by Kelley at Mountain Mama Cooks
Peach Jamby me
Peach Amaretto Jam by Annalise at Completely Delicious
Freezing Fresh Tomato Sauce by me
Freezing Garden Tomatoes and Herbsby Kalyn’s Kitchen
Kelley and Annalise, two fellow bloggers, and I spent a day working on this sauce. It took us around seven hours, which for some, is way too much effort but for us, it was a labor of love. Plus who doesn’t want to spend a day chatting with girl friends, getting elbow deep in fresh tomatoes, andsipping late afternoon white wine After all, we had to taste the wine before using it in the recipe, right? I’ve always heard, that if you wouldn’t drink it then don’t cook with-it. A motto I like to put to the test.
There are several steps to this recipe, each important in making a perfect sauce. However I’ve heard you can skip the deseeding and peeling but it will change the texture and richness of the sauce. Also, we used a ginormous amount of tomatoes making about 5 16 ounce jars (or 5 pint jars) for each of us (about 8 quarts, or 15 pints total), so you could slim down on that if you are okay with less sauce. My number one tip for you on canning your own Marinara Sauce is that you must do this with friends. It’s just more fun that way.
After making this you won't want any other recipe for canned homemade tomato sauce.
Print Recipe Pin Recipe
Prep Time 1 hour hr
Cook Time 1 hour hr
Total Time 2 hours hrs
Course Condiment
Cuisine American, Italian
Servings 8 quarts or 16 pints
Ingredients
- 24 lbs roma tomatoes, 1 case
- 3 stalks of oregano, chopped
- 8-10 garlic cloves, peeled and sliced
- 4 cups olive oil
- 3 large onions
- 9 cups white wine
- 6-8 stalks of basil, whole
- 2 teaspoons of salt
- 6 tablespoons of lemon juice
- more salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350.
Cut tomatoes in half, remove hard core and stem, and scoop the seeds out into a separate bowl, set aside. Lay tomato halves in roasting pans, cut side up.
Scatter the garlic slices and oregano on top of the tomatoes. Drizzle with half (2 cups) of olive oil and Roast for 40 minutes at 350 degrees.
When tomatoes are almost cooled, remove the skins from the roasted tomatoes (they should be easy to remove at this point). Placing skins in the bowl with the seeds and the roasted tomatoes in another large bowl.
Meanwhile, heat remaining 2 cups of oil un a large stockpot and add onions and white wine. Simmer until reduced by half (15-25 minutes).
Mash the roasted tomatoes with your hands (this is the fun part!) then stir them into the simmering onion mixture.
Pur tomato seeds and peel into a sieve over the tomato sauce pot, pressing them so that theur juice drips into the pot. Discard seeds and peels.
Bring to a boil then add whole basil stalks and 2 teaspoons of salt. Lower heat and simmer for 40 minutes or more to thicken.
Remove Basil. Add lemon juice and salt and pepper to taste.
Pour simmering sauce into sterilized jars leaving 1/4 inch headspace in the jars. Process in a hot water bath for 40 minutes.
I’m sharing this recipe for my favorite pasta sauce with theShare our Strength’s No Kid Hungry Campaign. From this one post, Macaroni Grillwill connect kids with to up to 500 meals. Also, you may contribute by going online at 1 Million Meals or into the restaurant and donating $2, and get $5 off your next meal. Learn more about hunger facts herehttp://www.nokidhungry.org/
Posted in
Categories, Dinner, Fall, In a Weck Jar, Recipes, Seasonal, Vegetarian, Vintage Mixer
Add To
- StumbleUpon
