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