Homemade Tomato Sauce
Equipment
Ingredients
Ingredients
fresh ripe tomatoes (ripe)
4000 g
red bell peppers (sweet)
4 pcs
onions
4 pcs
garlic heads
2 pcs
hot chili peppers
2 pcs
granulated sugar
300 g
salt
80 g
apple cider vinegar
200 ml
olive oil
1 tbsp
ground black pepper
1 tsp
ground cloves
0.5 tsp
bay leaves
3 pcs
ground nutmeg
0.25 tsp
fresh parsley
1 sprig
fresh basil
1 sprig
fresh cilantro
1 sprig
fresh rosemary
1 sprig
fresh thyme
1 sprig
Instructions
Prepare vegetables
Wash and chop all vegetables into large pieces for easier cooking and blending.
Sauté onion and garlic
Heat olive oil in a large pot and sauté onion and garlic until fragrant.
Add tomatoes and peppers
Add chopped tomatoes, bell peppers, and chili peppers to the pot.
Simmer the sauce
Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer uncovered for 1.5 hours, stirring occasionally.
Season the sauce
Add sugar, salt, vinegar, and all spices. Continue simmering for 30 minutes.
Add fresh herbs
Stir in fresh herbs and simmer for final 10 minutes.
Blend the sauce
Remove bay leaves and blend the sauce until smooth using an immersion blender.
Cool and store
Allow sauce to cool completely before transferring to sterilized jars.
Original recipe
Storage
Store in sterilized jars. For longer storage, process jars in boiling water bath for 10 minutes
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