Simple Seasoned Tomato Sauce Food

SIMPLE TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large casserole pot, heat oil over medium high heat. Add onion and garlic and saute until soft and translucent, about 2 minutes. Add celery and carrots and season with salt and pepper. Saute until all the vegetables are soft, about 5 minutes. Add tomatoes, basil, and bay leaves and simmer covered on low heat for 1 hour or until thick. Remove bay leaves and check for seasoning. If sauce still tastes acidic, add unsalted butter, 1 tablespoon at a time to round out the flavors.
• Add half the tomato sauce into the bowl of a food processor. Process until smooth. Continue with remaining tomato sauce.
• If not using all the sauce, allow it to cool completely and pour 1 to 2 cup portions into freezer plastic bags. This will freeze up to 6 months.

AMAZINGLY SIMPLE TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large, heavy pot over medium heat. Cook and stir onion and garlic in hot oil until tender, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Stir crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, and water with the onion mixture until smooth; add sugar, parsley, basil, salt, Italian seasoning, fennel, and pepper. Stir the mixture, bring to a simmer, reduce heat to low, and cook, stirring occasionally, until thickened and the seasonings have permeated the sauce, 1 hour to 90 minutes.

EASY TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium heat, cook onion in olive oil until translucent. Stir in tomatoes, cook until juice begins to thicken. Stir in puree, salt and pepper. Reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes more, until rich and thick.

HOMEMADE TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Prepare a large bowl of ice water.
• Plunge whole tomatoes in boiling water until skin starts to peel, about 1 minute. Remove with a slotted spoon and place in ice bath. Let rest until cool enough to handle, then remove peels and squeeze out seeds.
• Chop 8 tomatoes and puree them in a blender or food processor until smooth. Chop remaining 2 tomatoes and set aside.
• Heat butter and oil in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onion, bell pepper, carrot, and garlic; cook and stir until onion softens, about 5 minutes. Pour in pureed tomatoes, then stir in chopped tomatoes, wine, basil, and Italian seasoning. Place celery stalks and bay leaf in the pot and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer for 2 hours.
• Stir in tomato paste; simmer for an additional 2 hours. Discard celery and bay leaf and serve.

BASIC SPICY TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook the onion in the oil until translucent. Add the garlic and cook and stir another 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in the tomatoes, red pepper flakes, and Italian seasoning. Season with salt. Cook until completely heated, another 2 to 3 minutes.

SEASONED TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine tomatoes, onion, garlic, oregano, sugar, pepper & bay leaves in a large stainless steel or enamel saucepan.
• Bring to a boil over high heat, reduce heat & boil gently, uncovered, until very thick, about 1 1/2 hours; stir frequently.
• Press through a food mill or coarse sieve to remove skins & seeds; add lemon juice & salt.
• Remove hot jars from the canning kettle & ladle sauce into jars leaving 1/2 inch of head space; remove any trapped air bubbles, readjust the head space, wipe rims & apply lids until finger tight.
• Transfer jars to the canner & set timer for 35 minutes when the water returns to a boil.

GREEN BEANS IN SEASONED TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a skillet over high heat; cook and stir onion, garlic, and salt in the hot oil until onion is softened and browned, about 15 minutes.
• Mix tomatoes and green beans into onion mixture. Add sugar and cinnamon to mixture; bring to a boil, lower heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until green beans are tender, 20 to 25 minutes.

CANNING TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Wash, remove stems, and trim tomatoes of any bruised or discolored parts.
• Working quickly and with 1 lb. of tomatoes at a time, quarter the tomatoes and place in a large saucepan.
• Bring the tomatoes to a boil as you crush them with a potato masher or large spoon.
• Continue adding the quartered tomatoes, cutting them up as you work.
• Keep mashing the tomatoes over high heat until all pieces have been added.
• Let the tomatoes simmer for 5 minutes.
• Transfer the heated, crushed tomatoes to a food mill or sieve and remove skins and seeds.
• Return the tomatoes back to the saucepan and simmer until the desired texture is achieved. For thin sauce, reduce by one-third and for thick sauce reduce by half.
• Prepare jars for canning by adding either 2 tablespoons of bottled lemon juice or 1/2 teaspoon citric acid to each quart-sized jar, or 1 tablespoon bottled lemon juice or 1/4 teaspoon citric acid to each pint-sized jar.
• Add 1 teaspoon salt per quart or 1/2 teaspoon salt per pint to each jar (if desired).
• Ladle the hot tomato sauce into the prepared jars, leaving 1/4-inch headspace.
• Seal each jar with 2-part lids and process in a water bath canner for 40 minutes (quarts) or 35 minutes (pints), adjusting the time as needed depending on the altitude (see notes). For pressure cooker settings, see notes.
• Give the processed jars 5 minutes to acclimatize before transferring them to a clean towel using a jar lifter.
• Arrange the jars lid-side up, without touching, and let them sit for 12 to 24 hours at room temperature.
• Remove the rings and check to make sure the lids are sealed. Move any unsealed jars to the fridge.
• Label jars with the date and contents. Store in a cool, dry, dark location for up to 18 months.

ITALIAN SEASONED TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Wash tomatoes; drain.
• Peel, core and cut into small pieces; set aside.
• Sauté onions and garlic in olive oil in a large saucepot. Add tomatoes and
• seasonings
• Simmer about 2 hours, stirring occasionally.
• Press mixture through a sieve or food mill; discard seeds.
• Cook pulp in a large, uncovered saucepot over medium-high heat until
• sauce thickens, stirring to prevent sticking.
• Add 1 tablespoon bottled lemon juice or 1/4 teaspoon citric acid to each pint jar.
• Carefully ladle hot sauce into hot jars, leaving 1/4-inch headspace.
• Wipe jar rim clean.
• Place lid on jar with sealing compound next to glass.
• Screw band down evenly and firmly just until a point of resistance is met.
• process 35 minute in a boiling water bath canner.

SIMPLE SEASONED TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large pot, heat oil over medium-high heat.
• Add onion and garlic and saute until soft and translucent--about 2 minutes. Add celery and carrot and season with salt and pepper. Saute until all the vegetables are soft, about 5 minutes. Add tomatoes, basil and bay leaves and reduce the heat to low. Cover the pot and simmer for 1 hour or until thick. Remove bay leaves and taste for seasoning. If sauce tastes too acidic, add unsalted butter, 1 tablespoon at a time, to round out the flavour.
• I like my sauce a little spicier, so I add a few red pepper flakes.

SEASONED TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Saute onion, carrot, celery and peppers in olive oil until onions are limp and transparent.
• Add tomatoes to veg and cook for 15-20 min.
• Puree veg in a mill or processor.
• Add salt and cook uncovered for 1 hour, stirring often.
• Ladle into hot jars leaving 1/4 inch head space and process in a boiling water bath for 45 minutes.