Garden Fresh Marinara Sauce Recipes

GARDEN FRESH MARINARA SAUCE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer. Place Ripe Tomatoes in a metal collander or China Cap and lower it into the simmering water. Remove as soon as skins begin to split. When Tomatoes are cool enough to handle, remove skins by gently peeling them off. (They should remove easily, but if they do not, re-emerse into hot water for another minute) Run peeled Tomatoes through a food mill, or if you do not have access to one, quarter the Tomatoes and remove the seeds. Then sqeeze them over a bowl and remove any hard core pieces. In a Large saute pan heat EVOO. Add smashed and chopped Fresh Garlic, Sliced Spring Onions including greens,chopped Red Chili Pepper and fresh Herbs. Stir on a medium heat until Garlic is golden brown and the aroma of herbs is released. Add 1 cup of good Red Wine and de-glaze the pan. Cook the wine and herbs until Wine is reduced by half. Add pureed Tomatoes and stir. Reduce heat to a simmer. Salt and pepper to taste. Simmer stirring every 5 to 10 minutes or so for 30 minutes. Serve over Pasta of choice (Fresh is always great) Add a little of the Pasta cooking water if sauce begins to thicken too much. Grate a little Parmigiana-Regiano for even more Great Italian Taste.

FRESH TOMATO MARINARA SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a stockpot over medium heat. Cook and stir onion in hot oil until softened, about 5 minutes; add tomatoes, garlic, and bay leaf. Bring the liquid from the tomatoes to a boil, reduce to medium-low, and simmer mixture until tomatoes are softened, about 30 minutes.
• Stir red wine, honey, basil, oregano, marjoram, salt, black pepper, fennel seed, and crushed red pepper into the tomato mixture; bring again to a simmer and cook until herbs have flavored the sauce, about 30 minutes more.
• Stir balsamic vinegar into the sauce.

SLOW COOKER GARDEN-FRESH MARINARA

Steps:

• Put tomatoes in a slow cooker. Mix in onion, celery, bell pepper, carrot, mushrooms, and garlic. Add tomato soup, brown sugar, Greek seasoning, oregano, basil, cinnamon, and thyme; stir well.
• Cook on High for 4 to 6 hours or on Low for 8 to 10 hours, adding in spinach for the last hour of cooking.

FRESH TOMATO MARINARA SAUCE

Steps:

• Peel tomatoes and process smooth.
• Sauté garlic in large pot in olive oil.
• Add all other ingredients and simmer for 1 1/2 hours. Stir occasionally.
• This recipe is approx yield of 80 oz.
• If canning use canning salt otherwise this freezes nicely. I store in 20 oz containers.