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    Home » Recipes » Crockpot Recipes » Amazing Tomato Sauce Recipe

    Amazing Tomato Sauce Recipe

    Published: Sep 30, 2015 · Modified: Apr 28, 2021 by Bren

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    Fresh tomatoes are one of the simple pleasures in life. Capture their flavor with this amazing tomato sauce recipe. It is bursting with flavor without any special cooking techniques or tons of additional ingredients.

    Amazing Tomato Sauce Recipe - This easy homemade tomato sauce uses just a few basic ingredients and can be served over pasta, made into lasagna, or even used a pizza sauce.

    This amazing tomato sauce recipe uses only tomatoes, garlic and olive oil as a base with a hint of salt, pepper and oregano to highlight the tomato flavor. It also has one secret ingredient….

    Amazing Tomato Sauce Recipe - This easy homemade tomato sauce uses just a few basic ingredients and can be served over pasta, made into lasagna, or even used a pizza sauce.

    Red wine vinegar!

     

    Red wine vinegar adds a pleasingly tangy flavor to tomato sauces. It is, after all, sour wine! You need to add just a bit of vinegar to liven up the sauce without making the entire batch sour. Think of it as squeezing a slice of lemon into a glass of water to brighten the taste.

    Amazing Tomato Sauce Recipe - This easy homemade tomato sauce uses just a few basic ingredients and can be served over pasta, made into lasagna, or even used a pizza sauce.

    If you’ve never had homemade tomato sauce you are in for a treat! This versatile sauce can be served over pasta, made into lasagna, or even used a pizza sauce.

    Amazing Tomato Sauce Recipe - This easy homemade tomato sauce uses just a few basic ingredients and can be served over pasta, made into lasagna, or even used a pizza sauce.

    This tomato sauce keeps in the fridge for about a week and can be frozen. I love making a huge batch and then freezing the contents in small containers. I simple defrost while I cook some pasta and dinner is done!

     

     

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    Amazing Tomato Sauce Recipe - This easy homemade tomato sauce uses just a few basic ingredients and can be served over pasta, made into lasagna, or even used a pizza sauce.

    Amazing Tomato Sauce Recipe

    ★★★★★ 4.8 from 4 reviews
    • Prep Time: 10 minutes
    • Cook Time: 35 minutes
    • Total Time: 45 minutes
    • Yield: 12 cups 1x
    • Category: Sauce
    • Cuisine: Italian
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    This tomato sauce recipe uses only tomatoes, garlic and olive oil as a base with a hint of salt, pepper and oregano to highlight the tomato flavor. It also has one secret ingredient…. red wine vinegar! It can be used on pasta, as pizza sauce or to make lasagna.


    Ingredients

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    • 16 cups roma tomatoes (( washed, cored, and quartered – or 4 –28 ounce cans))
    • 10–14 cloves garlic ((roughly diced))
    • 4–6 tablespoons olive oil ((good quality))
    • 1½ tsp salt
    • ½ tsp pepper
    • 3 tsp dried oregano
    • 3 tsp red wine vinegar

    Instructions

    1. Heat olive oil over medium heat and add garlic. Stir garlic until it becomes fragrant and soft but does not brown.
      Amazing Tomato Sauce Recipe - This easy homemade tomato sauce uses just a few basic ingredients and can be served over pasta, made into lasagna, or even used a pizza sauce.
    2. Add tomatoes and stir.
    3. Cook uncovered over medium heat until tomatoes are soft (about 20 minutes), stirring frequently.
      Amazing Tomato Sauce Recipe - This easy homemade tomato sauce uses just a few basic ingredients and can be served over pasta, made into lasagna, or even used a pizza sauce.
    4. Remove from heat and puree with an immersion blender or in batches using a traditional blender until smooth. Return to pot.
      Amazing Tomato Sauce Recipe - This easy homemade tomato sauce uses just a few basic ingredients and can be served over pasta, made into lasagna, or even used a pizza sauce.
    5. Stir salt, pepper, oregano, and red wine vinegar into the sauce.
    6. Heat the sauce until it begins to bubble. Reduce heat to low. Simmer and stir the sauce for about 20 minutes until it is heated thoroughly and slightly reduced.
    7. Serve sauce over pasta or use in your favorite dish. Cool to room temperature before freezing.


    Nutrition

    • Serving Size: 1 cup
    • Calories: 92

    Keywords: tomato sauce recipe, crockpot tomato sauce

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    Tip: No fresh tomatoes, no problem! Simply substitute four 28 ounce cans of tomatoes. I prefer tomatoes with their skin on that are packed in cans that are not lined with BPA.

     

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    Amazing Tomato Sauce Recipe - This easy homemade tomato sauce uses a few basic ingredients and can be served over pasta, made into lasagna, or even used as pizza sauce.

     

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    Comments

    1. Brittany

      December 03, 2022 at 1:02 pm

      I found this recipe about 4 years ago and paired it with a meatball recipe from another site and holy crap, its sooo good! My family makes requests several times a year for me to make this. Friggin delicious! I also drink that sh*t like soup its so good!

      ★★★★★

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    2. Yvonne

      March 17, 2018 at 11:24 am

      I made it last week. I needed to add extra of salt, pepper and oregano, so asked myself if I had to use 16 tomatoes or 16 cups of tomatoes as the recipe suggests (which were equivalent to 24 tomatoes). Nevertheless, after adjusting the flavor with the condiments, the sauce turned out great. Thanks for the recipe. I never had tought about adding vinegar to a tomato sauce, but loved the result

      ★★★★

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      • Bren

        March 21, 2018 at 9:10 am

        I’m glad you enjoyed the recipe, Yvonne!

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    3. Bird brain

      October 04, 2017 at 8:30 am

      Holy crap… best sauce I’ve ever had! My pop pop would have been so proud 🙂 my mom wouldnt hush up about how good it was. My store didnt have romas, so I used half tomatoes on the vine and half big jerseys. Next time I’ll find a store that has romas, but jeez laweez, this is soooooo good.

      ★★★★★

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      • Bren

        October 05, 2017 at 9:45 am

        I’m so glad you enjoyed the recipe! Thanks for commenting.

        Reply
    4. Stephanie

      March 14, 2017 at 8:04 am

      This looks delicious! I’m planning my garden and will have tons of tomatoes (hopefully!!) Can’t wait to try it!

      ★★★★★

      Reply
    5. ashleigh

      October 07, 2015 at 6:39 pm

      I typically put balsamic vinegar in mine, but I can’t wait to try this recipe! <3 Thanks for sharing!!

      Reply
      • Bren

        October 07, 2015 at 8:12 pm

        I hope you like the recipe. I’ve never tried balsamic, I’ll have to try it soon!

        Reply
    6. Lisa (@retrohousewife5)

      October 01, 2015 at 9:50 am

      I’ve made sauce from tomato paste and puree for years but I want to try doing it from the tomatoes! I’m going to give this a try. Thanks for sharing.

      Reply

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