Does anyone have a good marinara or spaghetti sauce recipe I can make from fresh tomatoes and freeze? I have a ton of tomatoes and have been eating them in many different ways. I'd like to freeze a basic sauce I can use later
Just keep it nice and simple:
-Sauté an onion (chopped) and some garlic in some olive oil. -Keep the garlic in slices, unless you want a lot of garlic flavor in your sauce, then mince it.
-Slice and/or crush the tomatoes, and add them to the pan. -If you have a vegetable mill/ricer, that will help de-seed the tomatoes. Personally, I don't mind seeds in my fresh tomato sauce, but I know they can sometimes contribute a hint of bitterness to the finished sauce.
-Simmer for anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour - or longer. -Just depends how juicy the tomatoes are. Just cook down the sauce until it gets down to your desired thickness.
*If you cook everything first, then run the sauce through a food mill/ricer/strainer, then that will not only take care of the seeds, but also the skins.