Easy, versatile, everyday tomato sauce
Submitted by Melissa Walton
Tomato Sauce
Easy, versatile, everyday tomato sauce
Serving: 6
Ingredients
- 6 Lt slowcooker full of chopped tomatos
- 1 jar tomato paste
- 1tbs salt
- 3 tbs sugar
- 1 bunch Basil
Instructions
- Place all items in slow cooker and cook on high for 4 hours.
- Blend till as smooth or chunky as you desire.
- Spoon into jars that have been washed well in hot soapy water then rinsed well. .
- Place lids on jars and then jars into a water bath to seal.
- Water bath instructions: Place jars in large pot, cover with water, bring to the boil and let simmer for 45 mins. Allow to cool before removing jars from pot. Label and store in pantry ready for use.
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I have a question do you really need to put in sugar, I’m a diabetic and I’m trying to take the sugar out of as many recipes as I can, any help would be appreciated.
Graham W
Graham W
Sugar enhance flavor just as salt.
You can use the same kind of artificial sweetener you use when baking, for this as well.
-but no, you don’t necessarily need to add the sugar.
FK
Does it matter what variety of tomatoes you use? Also how much does it make and how big of a jar of tomato paste? Thanks ?
About how many Kg’s of tomatoes are in this recipe please
Sugar is used to balance the flavour and regulate the acidity of the tomatoes, so any form of sweetner in its place is fine.
Any variety of tomatoes can be used, i used a variety as that was what my garden was producing.
Depending on your jar sizes, it can make 6-8 jars.
The tomato paste jar is 500 grams.
Im not sure how many kilos of tomatoes in this recipe but i estimate 3. I just filled my 6 litre slow cooker until it could fit no more.
Made this with this year’s harvest of tomatoes. It turned out beautifully. We just filled our 4.5L slow cooker to the top with chopped tomatoes (all different types), we used pizza sauce (as the had 3/4 of a jar left) and added some minced garlic and let it cook. Blitzed then bottled.