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Thursday, February 23, 2012

Home Made Tomato Sauce

Made with garden fresh red ripe tomatoes.
One of the things about fresh tomato sauce is
that you end up with a red sauce full of tomato skins.
This is a tomato sauce without any tomato skins in it.
Use only red ripe tomatoes, plum are the best to use.

Ingredients:
40 plum tomatoes
boiling water
cold water
1/4 cup olive oil
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon dried basil
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Directions:
Wash and remove stems from tomatoes.
Place tomatoes in a large soup pot,
cover with boiling water and let sit
for about two minutes until peels crack.
Remove tomatoes and put in cold water.
Using your hands remove tomato skins.
Cut tomatoes in quarters and place in soup pot.
Add sugar and spices to taste and cook on high
until tomatoes break down into a sauce.
You may have to add some water and stir them.
Sometimes I also add a can of tomato paste,
to achieve the desired consistancy.

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