If you are like me, you have a LOT of tomatoes in your fridge. Either you grew them or you have friends giving them to you. So many tomatoes and you can not eat them all before they go bad. You have made BLTs and salsa, and eaten them in salads, had tomato and cheese sandwiches and still have TONS of tomatoes. What to do with them all?
Can them! I know this may be a new thing to some or scary to think about, but I have an easy way that you can do this! Not special equipment needed!
You can use cherry tomatoes, or the big ones, either is fine!
Take about one big stock pot 1/2 full of tomatoes. If you are using the big ones, core them and cut off any bad spots.
Add them to the pot and turn heat to med high. Add chopped bell peppers (approx. 3) and chopped onion (1 large yellow), about 5-6 garlic cloves, 1 Tbsp sea salt, 1/4 cup EVOO, and fresh herbs (basil, oregano, thyme, and rosemary) about 1/4 cup of these slightly chopped, stems removed.
cook all of this till veggies are tender.
Let cool a little, then pour into blender or use immersion blender to puree into a sauce.
put sauce back into pot and bring to a boil, then simmer while you get the jars ready.
Fill clean QT or Pint jars with HOT water to get the jar HOT. The ladle hot sauce into clean empty HOT jars. Leave a 1" head space, wipe rim clean, screw on a new lid and ringer to hand tight. Set on a towel on the counter and repeat till you are out of sauce.
Let the jars set until the lids POP and seal. Then let them continue to set undisturbed 24 hours. Label and date the jars. If any do not seal, put in the fridge and eat within a week!
ENJOY!!!
NOTE: if your sauce is watery before you add to the jars, stir in a small can of tomato paste! Make sure its organic!
