Jane's Homemade Tomato Sauce

Name: Jane''s Homemade Tomato Sauce Recipe
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 180 min
Total time: 220 min
Yield: 45
Ingredients: 19 cups of fresh garden tomatoes chopped; 1 cup olive oil; 1 1/4 tsp black pepper; 8 cloves garlic minced or 4 Tbsp of minced garlic from a jar; 3 bay leaves; 4 tsp salt; 2 tsp oregano; 2 tsp basil; 2 large cans Contradina Tomato paste 12 oz cans; 1 cup brown sugar packed

Minutes to Prepare: 40
Minutes to Cook: 180

Number of Servings: 45

Ingredients

19 cups of fresh garden tomatoes, chopped1 cup olive oil1 1/4 tsp black pepper8 cloves garlic, minced or 4 Tbsp of minced garlic from a jar3 bay leaves4 tsp salt2 tsp oregano2 tsp basil2 large cans Contradina Tomato paste, 12 oz cans1 cup brown sugar, packed

Directions

In large Dutch oven sautee garlic in oil then add chopped tomatoes and seasonings. Let simmer on low heat (between 2-3 on stove with lid on pan for 2 hours, stirring occasionally.
Next add the tomato paste and brown sugar and let simmer
another hour. Stir more often so sugar will not stick to bottom of pan and burn sauce.
Lastly strain your sauce in a Chinois to seive the seeds and skins from the sauce. Pour 2 cups of sauce into either quart freezer bags or ziploc containers.
Makes 15 1-cup servings or 5 ( 24 oz) containers to freeze
1 container will make 9 (1/3) servings.
Entire Recipes yields 45 (1/3) servings.

Number of Servings: 45

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user LADYBUGPLUS.

Servings Per Recipe: 45

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