Roasted Tomato Sauce
Roasting tomatoes, onions and garlic for a perfect tomato sauce to add to your freezer.
Equipment
- 1 oven
- 1 Baking sheet with sides
- 1 parchment paper sheet
- 1 knife and cutting board
- 1 immersion or standing blender
Ingredients
- whole tomatoes, cut into quarters
- garlic cloves
- onion, quartered
- fresh herbs- rosemary, thyme, oregano, etc.
- olive oil
- salt and pepper
- garlic salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Wash whole tomatoes and quarter them. Remove cores and seeds if desired.
- Cut onion in quarters and remove peeling.
- Line baking sheet that has sides with parchment paper.
- Add tomatoes, onions and garlic cloves to the baking tray.
- Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt, pepper and garlic salt.
- Top with fresh herbs and add to the oven on the top rack.
- Roast vegetables for 50 minutes to an hour until "roasted".
- Remove from oven and discard herbs and skins of garlic and tomatoes.
- Either add vegetables to a blender (I use my Vita Mix) or use an immersion blender in a bowl or saucepan to blend vegetables together completely.
- Add roasted tomato sauce to freezer containers, label and add to a freezer.OR add to a pint jar and water bath can and process for 40 minutes to add to pantry.OR use immediately.
- This roasted tomato sauce is a perfect sauce for pasta, layering lasagna, pizza, or adding to soups or chili.
Notes
This roasted tomato sauce will take your recipes to a new level. If you are like me and have an abundance of garden tomatoes, roasting them with garlic and onion and seasonings makes them an over the top addition for pasta recipes, soups, pizza or chili.
Adding them to the freezer gives you the joy of having this great taste ready when needed...any season!
Feel free to simply add the roasted vegetables to a freezer bag and add to the freezer. Food saver bags work best to remove all of the air and reduce freezer burn. Then when you remove them, you can blend them or add them whole to soups or sauces.
Enjoy!