What to do with a rainy day???

This is probably your last week of saucing opportunities, unless you are going to use frozen tomatoes. This time is ripe people!

Take a rainy day and prepare a wholesome hearty local food for yourself and your family that will last you thought the winter.

I found 20lbs of tomatoes at the farmers market for $17.50. This was at the kits market.

A liter of sauce cost less than $3 a jar.

Yields ~7 Liters

What do you need

20 lbs tomatoes

4 onions

a head of garlic

3 handfuls fresh basil

red wine or balsamic

oregano for taste

olive oil

Material

Large stock pot

hand blender

4 baking sheets

7 - One Liter jars

Canning equipment

Recipe

Halve tomatoes, place seeds up on cookie sheet, do not over crowd. Leave room for tomatoes to breathe. Roast for 2 hours at 350 or longer until there a thin caramelized layer on top.

At the 1.5 hour mark- start to sauté onions & garlic in olive oil until translucent about 20 minutes, leave on low heat. Remove tomatoes from oven and slightly cool gently scoop tomatoes into pot.

Complete 3 rounds – 6 trays should be enough. Add in your flavourings.

While the sauce simmers get jars prepared by running them through the dish washer or washing by hand, drying and placing in the oven at 150. Boil lids.

Once all tomatoes are roasted let the sauce simmer on low for an hour, blend if you like your sauce smooth and cool slightly.

Get your canning equipment ready or containers for freezing, scoop sauce into sterilized jars- use a caning funnel don’t get sauce on the rim. Process jars in the canning pot for 20 minutes on a rolling boil- cool for 24 hours on a wooden surface and store.