Tangy Spaghetti Sauce for Canning

"This is a very mild spaghetti sauce. Thick and chunky just like we like it. I make this with the veggies from my garden. I have tired many different homemade sauces and this is the first one that has wowed my DH."
 
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Ready In:
1hr 55mins
Ingredients:
15
Yields:
7 quarts
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ingredients

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directions

  • Add all ingredients to stock pot.
  • Heat to boiling.
  • Reduce heat.
  • Simmer, partially covered for 2 hours.
  • Stir occasionally.
  • After it has simmered, fill clean sterilized jars to within 1/2 inch of top of jar. Put on cap, screw the band finger tight.
  • Process for 35 minutes for quart jars in a water bath.
  • ** You can also freeze in quart size freezer bags.
  • This sauce is great on any pasta dish.

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Reviews

  1. This is one great recipe!! My aunt recommended it to me, and I've made (and canned) three batches already!! Although I must cook mine down quite a bit, b/c I only get 5 qts and not the 7-8 noted in the recipe.<br/>I made one major change that I would highly recommend - to be safe when canning tomatoes, all recipes MUST be acidified, otherwise you run the risk of spoilage. B/c of that, I added 1/2 cup red wine vinegar and 3/4 cup lemon juice, and upped the brown sugar to 1/4 cup. It may sound like a lot of acid, but it is needed to keep my (and your) family safe.<br/>other than that, this is one amazing recipe, I'm sure it will taste better after sitting in the jars for a few weeks/months.
     
  2. Hot damn girl you hit this one on the head! I've been canning for 30 years so not a lot of recipes turn my head-most are "expected". This one-it turned my head, and then some. I did make some changes to suit our taste. I omited the canned mushrooms (google maggots and canned mushrooms), I added 1 cup of merlot wine, and 1/2 cup of red wine vinegar. I also upped the brown sugar to 1/4 cup. After an hour I tasted and added another 1/4 cup of white sugar. My husband likes a sweet sauce. The Italian Spice you called for, I used Tuscan. Everything else I kept as you posted. Well, I'm hear to tell you this is one outstanding pasta sauce to can!!! I got 3 pints and 4 half pints plus 7 additional cups which I did not can. I'm making spaghetti with meatballs tomorrow night so I am going to use that. The next time I make this (and that will be tomorrow as I have a LOAD of tomatoes) I will omit the black pepper. Mine may be off but I found it a titch sharp. Even then this is one amazing sauce. Like 10 star sauce! Thank you so much for posting!!!!! Dib's
     
  3. I have canned 3 batches of this recipe this summer using tomatoes, peppers, onions and herbs from my vegetable garden. I have used this sauce for homemade pizza from scratch, spaghetti and lasagna as well. The sauce is a great sauce. A little sweet and that is what I love about it the most. When I cann it, I use quart, pint & half pint jars so that I will have a variety of sizes for whatever I decide to fix, & so none goes to waste by opening a jar too big for what I am fixing. Thank you so much for this recipe.
     
  4. Just made this up today. It is delicious! I left out the canned mushrooms and added a large zuchinni and fresh basil from my garden. Also added a large hot green chili pepper instead of the wax chile. It is more spicy than tangy but I love this recipe...it makes up quite alot. Thanks for posting.
     
  5. Great recipe! I made it last year and again this year. Since there are only two of us, I use pint jars.
     
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Tweaks

  1. This is a great recipe! Txs for sharing. I did however add 3/4 cup of white sugar to tame some of the tangy tomato taste and I also used garlic salt instead of fresh garlic. I will definately make this again once the garden tomato's are ready!
     

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I live on a very large farm here in West Virginia. We really do live off the land. I plant a large garden, I freeze, dehyrate and can everything possible. We raise beef cattle and hunt wild game. It's a family thing. I met my husband at work. We got stuck on night shift together and he seemed to grow on me like a wart. We married 5 months after we started dating. We have now been married 11 yrs. He's a great husband and father too our two children. Our oldest is in the 6th grade and youngest is in the 5th grade. We have lived all over the east coast. We spent 5 years in South Carolina. I would have to say it was a great 4 years. I learned so much about that area and experienced alot of different foods while there. I truely miss the people from there. A little about me. I'm a SAHM. Most of my time here alone is spent playing euchre, canning, gardening, cooking (a lot of OAMC), flipping thru my cook books (and i have plenty) and browsing thru Zaar! I just love it here. Trying to add a lot of our family favorites. I enjoy traveling, reading, camping, fishing, hunting, gardening, canning, bbq-ing, bon fires, entertaining, baking, playing board and card games with the kids, swimming, photography, and just being with family and friends. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ How I rate: 5 stars ~ perfect, will make again without any changes. 4 stars ~ like it, will make again with minor changes to suit our tastes 3 stars ~ had to make major changes but got it to work for us. 2 stars ~ too many changes needed, waste of my time. 1 star ~ just terrible, couldnt get it to work out. waste of money and time. I think I want to cry now. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ <img src="http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg271/MrsTeny/Permanent%20Collection/PACSpring09Iwasadopted.jpg"><img src="http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg271/MrsTeny/Permanent%20Collection/PACSpring09Participation.jpg"> <img src ="http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u208/diner_photos/lazymecookathon.jpg"> <img src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e110/flower753/Food/my3chefsnov2008.jpg"> <img src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a132/tgifford/Game%20Room%20Banners/AM%20Banners/hg-participation.gif" border="0" alt="Hidden-Gems-Event-08"> <img src="http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj81/HokiesLady65/123HitAMpage.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"> <img src="http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj81/HokiesLady65/1234HitAMPage_Size1.png"><img src="http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q23/vseward/Bevy/officialmemberofthebevtaggame.jpg"> <a href="http://www.recipezaar.com/bb/viewtopic.zsp?t=274954"><img src="http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c99/ruemke/banners/coupon.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.recipezaar.com/cookbook.php?bookid=220958"><img src="http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q23/vseward/Bevy/beveragetagcookbook1.gif"></a> <img src="http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg271/MrsTeny/CookathonforKarensticker.jpg"><img src="http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg271/MrsTeny/AMpageSticker.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"><img src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a132/tgifford/participation%20banners/coolmonday-particiation2.jpg" border="0" alt="Cookathon for Cool Monday (2)"><img src="http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e347/Saturn6666/Other/tagforpage1.jpg"><img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/Adopted1smp.jpg"><img src="http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b161/tisht/freezer.jpg"><a href="http://www.recipezaar.com/bb/viewtopic.zsp?t=278234"><img src="http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c99/ruemke/banners/beans-1.jpg"></a>
 
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