Marinara Sauce For Canning Food

MARINARA SAUCE FOR CANNING

Steps:

• In a large pot, heat olive oil.
• Add onions until translucent.
• Add garlic and saute a few minutes.
• Add tomatoes, wine, salt, black pepper, hot pepper flakes, oregano, sugars and vinegar.
• Bring to boil and then simmer for 90 minutes (at least) - it should reduce a bit.
• Add tomato paste and fresh herbs, simmer 10 minutes.
• To can:.
• Add 3 TBSP bottled lemon juice to each empty quart canning jar (2 TBSP for pint jars).
• Processing with a Water Bath for 40 minutes for quart jars, 35 minutes for pint jars.

MARINARA SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large (12-inch) skillet. Add the onion and saute over medium heat until translucent, 5 to 10 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for 1 more minute. Add the wine and cook on high heat, scraping up all the brown bits in the pan, until almost all the liquid evaporates, about 3 minutes. Stir in the tomatoes, parsley, salt, and pepper. Cover, and simmer on the lowest heat for 15 minutes.

CANNING MARINARA SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large pot cook onion, celery, and carrots in oil until tender (around 20 minutes).
• Stir a few times and add garlic.
• Cook for 2 more minutes.
• Add tomatoes, sugar, and pepper and stir.
• Put through a food mill if you would like a smoother sauce or whirl in a food processor.
• Add remaining seasonings except salt and cook to desired consistency.
• Add salt and remove bay leaf.
• Pack into hot clean jars leaving 1/2 inch head space.
• Process for 45 minutes (altitudes up to 1000 feet).
• Yield depends on how much you cook it down, but it will make approximately 8 pint jars.

MARINARA SAUCE

Steps:

• In a saucepan, saute the onions, but do not let them brown.
• To the saucepan, add the liquid drained from the diced tomatoes. Add the basil, Italian seasonings, sugar (or sugar substitute) and crushed red peppers. Simmer liquid and spices for about 30 minutes or until liquid is reduced by half.
• Add the diced tomatoes and crushed tomatoes and cook just until heated, about 1 minute.
• If you prefer, you can used whole tomatoes and dice them, saving any tomato liquid for Step 2.