Learn how to make authentic Italian tomato sauce. This is an excellent sauce to eat with pasta, in lasagna, or on pizza!
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Makes roughly 2 1-L mason jars
Prep time: 5 minutes
Cook time: 2 hours
Total time: 2 hours and 5 minutes
Ingredients:
►2 yellow onions
►4 garlic cloves
►1 bunch basil
►4 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
►4 28-oz cans of whole peeled tomatoes
►Salt to taste
Instructions:
►Peel and roughly chop onions into quarters.
►Peel the garlic.
►Trim the stems off the basil leaves.
►Heat oil over medium heat in a large pot.
►Add onions, garlic, canned tomatoes and basil to the pot.
►Stir it all together.
►Add a splash of water if sauce looks a little thick.
►Bring the sauce to a boil and immediately turn the heat down to low until it begins to gently simmer.
►Allow to simmer on low heat half-covered for 2 or more hours.
►Add salt to taste.
►Heat mason jars on 300°F for 10 minutes.
►While jars pre-heat, ladle spoonfuls of sauce into food mill (or sauce strainer) over a large bowl.
►Strain out the pulp.
►Pour in tomato sauce into the heated mason jars using a ladle and funnel.
►Clean up the threads with a paper towel.
►Place the lid on top and tighten; use a kitchen towel if the jars are too hot to handle with bare hands.
►Wrap up filled mason jars in a blanket to cool down.
Substitutions:
►Fresh tomatoes instead of canned tomatoes, when they are in season
Tips:
►Smash garlic cloves with the side of your knife to release the skins
►Stir occasionally throughout the cooking time
►Longer cooking times develop and concentrate more flavour – 2 hours is the minimum but feel free to go longer
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