Seasoned Tomato Sauce

Add fresh herbs when you go to finish your sauce.

• Ready In: 2 hrs 20 mins
• Yields: 5 pints

Ingredients

• 3  cups  chopped onions
• 2  cups  sliced carrots
• 2  cups  chopped celery
• 1 1⁄2 cups  chopped green bell peppers
• 20  large tomatoes, peeled seeded and cored
• 1⁄4 cup olive oil
• 2  teaspoons salt

Directions

1. Saute onion, carrot, celery and peppers in olive oil until onions are limp and transparent.
2. Add tomatoes to veg and cook for 15-20 min.
3. Puree veg in a mill or processor.
4. Add salt and cook uncovered for 1 hour, stirring often.
5. Ladle into hot jars leaving 1/4 inch head space and process in a boiling water bath for 45 minutes.