Spaghetti Sauce - Gourmet and Easy

This recipe makes a large batch of sauce and was created with lots of leftovers in mind. I like to freeze single servings of just the sauce in ziploc bags for use at later date. Defrost frozen bags of sauce in hot water bath, serve over fresh noodles.

• Ready In: 3 hrs 10 mins
• Serves: 8-10

Ingredients

• 5 -6  large tomatoes (well ripened, darker red and juicy)
• 1 (18 ounce) can stewed tomatoes (i use aylmer stewed tomatoes with chili seasoning)
• 1 (20 ounce) bottle  pasta sauce
• 5  tablespoons dried oregano
• 2  tablespoons  smoked paprika
• 1  teaspoon  chili seasoning mix (if stewed tomatos aren't pre-seasoned with it already)
• 3⁄4 teaspoon  red hot pepper sauce (i use grace very hot brand)
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 2  teaspoons garlic, minced
• 1⁄4 cup olive oil
• 3  tablespoons vinegar
• 5  cups water

Directions

1. add all ingredients to pot, simmer on low-medium heat (lower the temperature as consistency thickens to prevent burning) for 3 hours or until desired consistency (longer is better).
2. Stir occasionally, more often as sauce thickens.
3. if water evaporates too fast, add more and reduce.