The garden is full of tomatoes. The time has come to freeze tomatoes for tomato sauce. I have tried several recipes and this one adapted from Alton Brown is wonderful. The tomatoes
are roasted, concentrating the flavor and adding a deepness to
already awesome tomatoes.
Start with
Roma tomatoes, halved and seeded. Sprinkle with olive oil, salt and pepper. Add
onions, garlic, fresh oregano and fresh thyme.
After two
hours, turn up the oven to 400 degrees and bake for another 30 minutes.
Do you own a
food mill? I use mine all the time..you should find one. Take the tomatoes and
put them through to food mill.
Discard what is left in the food mill.
Here is where
I stop to freeze the tomato sauce. Placing the tomatoes in small Ziploc bags. Stack neatly
in the freezer.
When you
defrost the tomato sauce, place the sauce into a small sauce pan. Add white
wine and bring to a boil. Cook for 5 to 10 minutes. Perfect.
Garden Tomato
Sauce
Ingredients
- 20 Roma tomatoes, halved and seeded
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 1 cup finely diced onion
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped oregano leaves
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped thyme leaves
- 1 cup white wine
I bet that smells wonderful while it's cooking.
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ReplyDeleteI have never made homemade sauce. Your recipe makes me want to try. Since I do not have room for a garden though, I will have to go to the farm and buy some. Always a delightful outing in itself. Maybe next weekend:)
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