Spaghetti Sauce Canned Food

HOMEMADE CANNED SPAGHETTI SAUCE

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, bring 2 quarts water to a boil. Using a slotted spoon, place tomatoes, one at a time, in boiling water for 30-60 seconds. Remove each tomato and immediately plunge into ice water. Peel and quarter tomatoes; place in a stockpot., Pulse green peppers and onions in batches in a food processor until finely chopped; transfer to stockpot. Stir in next 11 ingredients. Add water to cover; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 4-5 hours, stirring occasionally., Discard bay leaves. Add 2 tablespoons lemon juice to each of 9 hot 1-qt. jars. Ladle hot mixture into jars, leaving 1/2-in. headspace. Remove air bubbles and adjust headspace, if necessary, by adding hot mixture. Wipe rims. Center lids on jars; screw on bands until fingertip tight., Place jars into canner with simmering water, ensuring that they are completely covered with water. Bring to a boil; process for 40 minutes. Remove jars and cool.

BASIC CANNED SPAGHETTI SAUCE

Steps:

• Peel, core and chop tomatoes.
• Combine with remaining ingredients in heavy saucepan.
• Simmer 2 hours stirring often until desired consistency.
• Pour into hot jars to 1/2 inch from top.
• Wipe jar top and threads carefully with damp cloth making sure they are thoroughly clean.
• Put on lids and bands.
• Place in water canner with at least 2 inches of hot water over tops of jars.
• Bring canner to gentle boil and process 30 minutes.
• At end of processing time, remove jars to draft free area to cool at least 12 hours.
• Inspect each jar to make sure it is sealed, remove bands and wipe with damp cloth.
• Label with date and store.

CANNED SPAGHETTI SAUCE

Steps:

• Put tomato juice on the stove, bring to a boil.
• Add remaining ingredients and let simmer for 2 hours.
• Put hot into quart jars or pints.
• Wipe tops of jars and place lids and rings on.
• Put in canner.
• Pressure can at 5lbs. pressure for 8 minutes.

SPAGHETTI SAUCE - CANNED

Steps:

• In a large stock pot add tomatoes, onions, peppers, garlic, mushrooms, celery, tomato juice, sweet basil and Italian seasoning.
• Simmer, stirring occasionally, over medium heat for 30 minutes.
• Add sugar and salt and simmer 15 - 30 minutes longer, reducing liquid.
• Add spaghetti sauce, tomato paste and spaghetti sauce mix.
• Taste, add more seasonings if desired.
• Ladle into sterile pint or quart jars, leaving 1/2 inches head space.
• Process 10 minutes in hot water bath.
• *I use Mom's Pantry Italian seasoning, but you can use any Italian seasoning containing basil, rosemary, oregano and thyme.
• I do not do any chopping in a food processor, I do all of it by hand.
• I use heaping tablespoons for the sweet basil and the Italian seasoning.

THE BEST CANNED SPAGHETTI SAUCE

Steps:

• Blanch tomatoes in boiling water.
• Take out of water and put into an ice bath.
• Skin should slip off easily.
• Chop garlic, hot peppers, bell peppers and onions in a food processor.
• Put cooking oil in a large stock pot over medium heat.
• Add garlic, peppers and onions and cook until the vegetables are tender, stirring often.
• Remove vegetables from the oil and drain well on paper towels.
• Discard any oil left in the pan.
• Put the tomatoes in the food processor and pulse until they are coarsely chopped.
• Mix the garlic, peppers and onions with the tomato paste, sugar, salt, basil and oregano in the large stock pot.
• Stir in the tomatoes and mix well.
• Bring the mixture to a rolling boil.
• Pour into clean, hot quart jars.
• Seal.
• Process in a pressure cooker at 5 pounds pressure for 10 minutes.

SPAGHETTI SAUCE FOR CANNING

Steps:

• You will need 12 to 14 quart size mason jars with lids and rings, sanatized and ready to go.
• Place olive oil, onions and peppers in a large pot and cook till tender.
• Wash tomatoes and cut in quarters.
• Place tomatoes into several large pots with a cup of water in each on and cook till soft.
• Once tomatoes are soft run them through a food mill and put juice into a large pot ( 20 qt works well).
• Once onions and peppers are soft drain he juice and oil from them and reserve liquid for future batches.
• Once the peppers and onions are drained place them in the juice from the tomatoes.
• Add the Garlic, Sugar, Salt, Oregano, and Basil. Bring to a boil and simmer for 1 1/2 hours, stirring every 15 minutes or so.
• Add the Tomatoe paste and cook for a half hour more.
• Place the jars in your oven on the lowest setting.
• Place the lids in a pan of simmering water.
• Fill jars one at a time and lid right away.
• Place the jars on a counter and cover with a towel and do not distuirb for 24 hours.
• Enjoy all year long.
• For those of you who don't want to use the above canning method you may use whatever method you like. This is the way we do it and we never have any problems.

CANNED FRESH TOMATO SPAGHETTI SAUCE

Steps:

• Cut tomatoes, run through food processor, then through food mill, and put into a large pan to cook.
• Meanwhile cut up the garlic and onions and cook in oil in a separate pan, then run through the food mill.
• Add onions, garlic, and remaining ingredients to tomatoes and slowly heat to a boil. Boil stirring occasionally until thick (about 2 hours).
• To can, pour into clean hot quart jars, leaving 1/2 inch head space.
• Process 40 minute in a boiling water bath.