Tutorial Tuesday: Homemade Tomato Sauce
Tutorial Tuesday's design is to visually share money saving food preparation techniques along with easy and inexpensive recipes. This week I am happy to share how I (will now, and forever) make homemade tomato sauce. The truth is, this is my first attempt to make this sauce- and I am now addicted to the aroma and the taste!!!
I shopped at Gordon Food Service for a few of the key ingredients. I wanted large cans of tomatoes that were purchasable without a warehouse membership. The ingredient list for homemade tomato sauce: Canned tomatoes (I chose diced), canned tomato puree, Kosher salt, garlic (I chose fresh, but you could choose garlic salt and omit the Kosher salt), Basil, Oregano, Italian seasonings and spaghetti sauce seasoning packets (for thickening).
I first opened all of my big cans, and I scooped out just the tomatoes with a slotted spoon.
I placed the diced tomatoes into my blender and pulverized them!!! OK, I did accidentally use the crushed ice setting- and these bad boys were blended into oblivion in 4.3 seconds... literally! (If you happen to love tomatoes as much as I do... this step smells AWESOME!)
The more tomatoes that I sifted out of the large cans, the more difficult it became to separate the diced tomatoes from the liquid, so I pulled out my favorite little strainer (circa: 1997, my first purchased 'move out on my own' item!) and sifted the remaining tomato pieces.
I reserved the juice for later (even though I just wanted to chug it!!!) The remainder was surprisingly about 3 cups of juice! *NOTE: I only added one can's worth of tomato juice into the tomato sauce. I am saving the remainder for another recipe.
OK, I far over estimated how much tomato puree I would need, and to add cherry on top (so to speak) I underestimated the size of my stock pot (8 quart). I used 1/3 of the large can (4 cups) of the puree in my sauce. I still think that it was more cost effective to purchase the large can ($4.50) and use 1/3 and freeze the remaining 2/3 for another sauce making day!
We are HUGE fans of garlic in our house! One full head of garlic minced was yummy, but next time I may add more... or I may just add more when I add my ground beef or ground turkey to the sauce!
Along with the freshly pressed garlic (bottom), I added 1 1/2t. Basil (left), 3t. Oregano (top), and 3t. Italian seasonings (right). I also added 2t. of Kosher salt (not in the photo!).
Sheepishly, I'll admit that this photo is actually NOT the truth! I added just TWO packets, three seemed excessive, and after taste testing the final product... TWO was the perfecto amount!!!
Mix all ingredients well, and it looks beautiful... just like this!!! I wish you catch a whiff of this!!!I simmered the sauce for 3 hours, happily stirring every half hour or so. I must admit, I snitched a couple of spoon-samplings... just to make sure it was STILL yummy! Rest assured, it was!
I daringly (since I've experienced Ziploc bag fail) measured out 3 cups (24 ounces since jarred sauce is portioned at 26 ounces/jar) of homemade tomato sauce per Ziploc.
I was pleasantly surprised to receive (10) 3 cup portions! I'm looking forward to making hearty pasta dishes like: lasagna, spaghetti, baked spaghetti, and chicken Parmesan.
Recipe Recap: (with my pricing)
(2) 6lb/6oz Cans of tomatoes. (3.49/can = $6.98)
4 Cups of tomato puree. ($4.49/can, 1/3 can = $1.50)
1 1/2 Teaspoons of Basil. (unsure of cost, we already owned this spice)
3 Teaspoons of Oregano. (unsure of cost, we already owned this spice)
3 Teaspoons of Italian seasonings. (unsure of cost, we already owned this spice)
2 Teaspoons of Kosher salt. (unsure of cost, we already owned this spice)
(2) Packets of spaghetti seasonings. ($1.01 for McCormicks = $2.02)
Total: $10.50 for (10) jar size portions.
Personal Notes: We make several cold weather dinner dishes that call for tomato sauce. Normally with coupons I can purchase sauce for $1-ish per jar pretty easily. But what I like about the homemade sauce is that it magically seems *special*! The 30 minutes that it took me to prep and package the sauce was time well spent!
***Thank you Beth and Patrick for sharing your yummy recipe with our family!
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10 comments:
That McCormick seasoning is what makes my mom's spaghetti sauce so special, and I've never been able to find a recipe of my own that I like better! :) I'm sure this is absolutely delicious!
Hi Laura,
Love the recipe! I purchased 3 bottles of Snuggle fabric softener a few weeks ago at Target for 99 cents each, thinking I was getting an absolute super deal. Well, my balloon busted this week when I saw bloggers listing Snuggle as a deal at 34 cents! I get frustrated with myself at these times when I didn't save the coupons to use at a better time because I thought the deal I was getting was the best deal. I certainly didn't want the $3 off Snuggle coupons to go to waste, either, so how do you know when is the best time to use a coupon?
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You know, I betcha that you could make an awesome pizza sauce by mixing about 3/4 of a cup of this sauce with a small can of tomato paste and adding another 1/2 tsp each of basil and oregano.
Mmm, thanks for the idea Theresa!
And Pam, I'll post about your question later today!
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