Fresh Crock Pot Tomato Sauce

Marz's Note:

This tomato sauce is the best...so easy to make...will not heat up your kitchen and the finishing result is wonderful. You can easily double or triple the recipe! What a great way to use up your summer tomatoes!

• Total Time: 18 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 3 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 6

Yield: 1.0 pound s ...

• 2 lbs ripe tomatoes, peeled and cored
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 medium chopped onion
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 teaspoon salt (to taste)
• 1 tablespoon chopped basil (fresh is best)
• oregano
• rosemary
• 1 pinch sugar

Directions:

1. Peel and coarsely chop tomatoes. Do this by hand and not food processor. Transfer tomatoes to a slow cooker.
2. Melt butter over medium heat in a medium skillet. Add the onion and garlic, and saute until softened but not browned. Scrape into slow cooker.
3. Cover and cook on low for 2 to 3 hours.
4. At the end of the cooking time, stir in herbs. Cover and cook an additional 10 minutes. Taste for salt and add the sugar, if desired. Serve on top of your favorite pasta, you will have enough sauce for 1 lb of pasta.
5. I also add olives to the sauce, during the last phase of cooking. Whatever is left over, I freeze.
6. Another great tip -- when peeling the tomatoes use a vegetable peeler (one suited for softer skin) and it will make life so much easier!

Reviews

[Sharon123]

You're right! Easy to make and this also tasted great too! I added fresh basil, oregano, and rosemary. Thank you!

[WI Cheesehead]

I wanted to find a tomato sauce recipe for the crock pot, WITH fresh tomatoes. I took this recipe and decided to combine it with my spaghetti sauce recipe to kill 2 birds with one stone (so to speak). To skin the tomatoes, I boiled for a few minutes, then pulled the skins off. I used dried onions and Penzey's Pasta Sprinkle. You will need to puree it at the end. I didn't give stars, since I made quite a few changes. But I was glad to find this as a base recipe.