Fresh Homemade Tomato Sauce

Total Time: 4 hrs Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 10 lbs fresh roma tomatoes
• 1 onion, minced
• 1 garlic, bulb minced
• olive oil
• fresh basil
• salt
• pepper
• oregano

Recipe

• 1 bring a large pot of water to a rolling boil. get another large bowl and fill with ice and water. when the pot's boiling, put tomatoes in and watch - you'll notice after about 1-5 min the skin breaking. immediately remove with a slotted spoon and submerge in the ice water. repeat until all the tomatoes have been boiled and chilled.
• 2 dump out the water, put the pot back on the stove and turn to medium low heat. add enough olive oil to the bottom to cover it in a thin film. add garlic and onion, salt, pepper, and oregano to taste after about 4 min - cook until soft, try not to brown the onion and garlic.
• 3 pull the skins off the tomatoes and toss. put the skinless tomatoes into a blender or food processor until liquefied.
• 4 add to the oil and reduce heat to low, cover. stir occasionally and simmer for 3 hours, take off the lid and let simmer uncovered for 1 hours wash basil, rip it up and mix in just before serving.
• 5 .