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Homemade Garden Fresh Tomato Sauce

Using fresh ingredients from your garden you can whip up a delicious tomato sauce in no time!
Prep Time3 minutes
Active Time20 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
Keyword: tomatoes
Yield: 6 people
Author: Stephanie

Equipment

  • Immersion Blender or
  • High Powered Blender

Materials

  • 4 cups tomatoes fresh or frozen
  • 1/4 onion, sliced or you can use 1/2 tsp onion powder instead
  • 3 cups cloves of garlic
  • 4-6 fresh basil leaves or 1 tsp dried basil
  • handful of fresh oregano leaves or 1 tso dried oregano
  • 1 tsp sea salt
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper
  • 1/2 tsp sugar optional
  • red pepper flakes to taste optional

Instructions

  • Wash you tomatoes well and cut them in half or quarters depending on the size. Peel your garlic cloves and slice your onions. Place them all on a cookie sheet in a single layer. If using onion powder wait to add that until the blender. Bake at 400 degrees for about 15-20 minutes. This will give you the flavor of saute onions and garlic without having to actually get a pan out and do it. You want them to be incredibly soft and slight golden brown. Watch closely so they don't burn. The amount of time will differ. 
  • Pour all of that into a high powered blender, juices and all! Add remaining ingredients to the blender. 
  • Blend on high for 1-2 minutes until you have a completely smooth sauce. If your sauce seems too runny you can add 1 TBSP of tomato paste and blend again for 1 minute to thicken. I never have to do that. The sauce is always plenty thick. 
  • Use this sauce in any dish that you would normally use tomato sauce in.