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Homemade tomato sauce

Homemade tomato sauce that is both delicious and easy to make. A perfect way to preserve those extra tomatoes and enjoy them throughout the winter.

Keyword homemade, sauce, tomato

Ingredients

  • 1 kg 2.2lbs of ripe tomatoes
  • 2 onions
  • 1 garlic
  • handful of fresh basil
  • salt
  • 2 tablespoons of olive oil

Instructions

  1. Cut the tomatoes into quarters and remove the green part where the stem was attached to the tomato. Put the tomato pieces in a large pot and heat them up slowly.
  2. While the tomatoes are heating up, put some water in a small pot and bring it to the boil. Dice the onions and put them in the boiling water for 10 seconds (onion will lose its sharp taste and become sweeter).
  3. Drain the onion and add it to the tomatoes together with peeled garlic cloves and basil that was chopped beforehand with two tablespoons of salt.

  4. Bring the mixture to the boil and cook until the tomatoes soften. Process the mixture and add olive oil.
  5. Let it boil for an additional 10 minutes before storing it in sterilized dry jars. Fill the jars to the top, put on the lid, turn them upside down and cover them with a blanket to cool down slowly.

Recipe Notes

Store the homemade tomato sauce in a dark, dry space together with other canned goods.