Making and Canning Homemade Tomato Sauce with Herbs
Canning tomato sauce at home is easy and safe using this classic tomato sauce
recipe and the step-by-step canning instructions and water bath processing time on
the following page.
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Ingredients for 18 pints or 9 quarts:
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 Canning Recipe:
Tomatoes
 6 large whole
 15 pounds
Onions
 1/2 diced
 2 pounds diced
Olive Oil
 1 tablespoon
 1/2 cup
Salt
 1 teaspoon
 3 tablespoons
Pepper
 3/4 teaspoon
 1 tablespoon
Red Wine (Optional)
 1/2 cup
 1 bottle (75 cl.)
Herbs (oregano, rosemary or basil)
 1/4 cup
 2 cups
Garlic (Optional)
 1 clove
 6 cloves
Lemon Juice
 Only for canning
 1/2 cup
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  1. If desired, blanch and peel tomatoes
  2. Coarsely chop tomatoes and put them into a bowl.
  3. Chop onions and then sauté onions with optional garlic in olive oil until translucent.
    For large canning batch this will take about 15 minutes
  4. When onions are done, add chopped tomatoes.
  5. Add optional wine and herbs.
  6. Stir well and bring the entire pot to an even slow simmer.
  7. Simmer until reduced by one third (approx. 2 hours for canning)
  8. For canning, mix in lemon juice and simmer for 5 minutes.
  9. Can immediately using canning and processing instructions on the following page.
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