Garden Spaghetti Sauce

Submitted by Shar-on

"A friend of mine gave me this recipe and I have changed it some to my liking. I make a batch of it and freeze it in serving size containers."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 30mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 20

ingredients

• 3⁄4 cup sugar
• 2 cups white vinegar
• 3 lbs ripe tomatoes, peeled and cut up
• 4 large onions, chopped
• 1 (13 ounce) can tomato paste
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder
• 1 tablespoon oregano
• 1 tablespoon black pepper
• 1 tablespoon basil
• 3 bay leaves
• 3 -4 stalks celery, chopped
• 4 medium green peppers, chopped

directions

1. Saute onions, celery and green peppers.
2. Mix tog the vinegar, sugar and tomato paste, add all the spices to this mix.
3. Add this mixture with the tomatoes to sauted vegetables and stir to mix.
4. Simmer for about 30 minutes or until mixture is thick, stirring to keep from burning.
5. Cool slightly.
6. Add about 2 cups at a time into a blender to puree to make a smooth sauce.
7. Now it is ready to serve or freeze in serving size portions.

Reviews

[packeyes]

This was an alright sauce. It needs some doctoring up. It came out way too sweet for my liking. I cut back the vinegar to 1 1/2 cups per the other reviews suggestion. If I make this again I will cut back the sugar. With some ground beef and mushrooms this is good. If you like sweet sauces then this is the one for you.

 

[*Parsley*]

This is a very good sauce. I was looking for a sauce for my homegrown tomatoes and this caught my eye. The onions, celery and green pepper give it wonderful flavor. I used an immersion blender, so it was super easy, too!The only thing I would do next time is reduce the vinegar to 1 cup (and keep the sugar amount the same), because I thought it was a bit to acidic. I did add some extra sugar, but still a bit too acidic. Thanx for the recipe. I will continue to make this with my little change.