Ready to make some tomato sauce? Click on any of the thumbnail to see a larger version of that picture. First, pick some ripe tomatoes. Have them guarded by a big dog to protect from rabbits, then wash and quarter the tomatoes.
Next throw em in a pot (not aluminum) and mash em up a bit and place on medium heat on the stove. Bring to a rolling boil. I don’t add anything to the tomatoes. I like a blank slate to use the sauce for chili or pasta or anything else. Feel free to toss in some basil or garlic to make the sauce to your likings.
Cook the tomatoes down by a third. Look for the ring on the pot and guess. Place a Food Mill on top of another pot and turn the handle clockwise. This removes the skin and a lot of seeds.
Here’s a better look at the food mill (also called a sieve). Take the strained sauce back to the stove and reduce again about a third. Use a funnel and fill cans to 1/2 inch from top . Place cans in boiling water with an inch of water above the cans and boil for 30-45 minutes.
Enjoy!
Great job Danny. I can almost taste the sauce….
and you shall! I’ll bring you a jar tomorrow.
Dan! nice job…Keith & I are going to can our tomatoes if they ever get ripe, something keeps eating ours not sure what…I am bummed because I make marinara sauce with some of ours and freeze it…I just wash them quarter them like you did then saute fresh garlic and olive oil and add the tomatoes and cook them down skins and seeds and it comes out great…I add basil, parsely and a little chicken base to give in more flavor….hummm! over angel hair pasta…..
Great recipe AL, thanks for the info!
Mmmm, sounds yummy!
Mmmmm, sounds yummy
sounds like a bit of work but hard to beat the taste of fresh, local, picked off the vine, tomatoes.
All those tomatoes for 2 jars…. but ohhh so worth it Gish!
Have your glass jars ever broke while boiling?
Not yet. It’s always a good idea to run the jars under hot water before canning or run them through the dishwasher and pull them out hot. Thanks for your question!
Danny and Mindy,
This looks wonderful. I’m proud of you for your trip back to nature.
What’s with Anonymous posts? I want to know who’s out there!
I’m really enjoying your site Dan and Mindy! I had somewhat of an unproductive garden this year. It’s our first year at this house and we developed our home site in the woods so it isn’t surprising. I have been composting like crazy and have big plans for additional soil improvement. We have thick clay and as soon as the garden is finished producing, we will have some sand dumped in and till that up. Oh, I am having luck with potatoes…go figure, as we are doing the low carb thing. lol
Anyway, loving the site, so much information and I love to see how other people do things. So many other somewhat related topics I want to ask about but out of time today. Related to recycling, clean living, etc,.. Thanks again;)
Thanks Amy! Composting is such a huge component to growing organic veggies. I’d love to see your compost pile. Take some pics and let’s do a compost story on the farm blog! Ask away on any topics, it’s an open forum🙂 I didn’t plant potatoes this year. I planted carrots and onions as my root vegetables and some celery. I’ll trade ya some tomatoes, peppers, corn, pumpkins or whatever for some potatoes!
Hey Danny & Mindy!
If you have that last bushel of tomotoes at the end of the season that you don’t want to do anything with give them to me and I will make some of that marinara sauce for you, and you can freeze it and we can eat some too!!!
I think Keith is going to pick tomotoes today out in Mogadore since ours are getting eaten by the the darn ground hogs so we can can some sauce too….
Love reading your site….
We will definitely hand over a couple bushels for you to make sauce. Thanks AL!
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