Italian Tomato Sauce

Name: Italian Tomato Sauce
Ingredients: 28 oz. can tomato puree, or 2 small cans tomato paste; 2 48-oz. cans tomato juice (for a chunkier sauce, replace 1 can with an equal amount of crushed tomatoes); ½ cup minced celery; 3 to 4 tablespoons mixed italian herbs; 3 tablespoons lemon juice; 1 carrot; 3 tablespoons minced parsley; ½ green sweet pepper; ¼ to ½ cup dry red wine (optional); 1 medium onion; 1 tablespoon sugar; fresh ground black pepper to taste; 3 to 4 cloves garlic

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Home Canning and Preserving

By Janet Cooper

Published 2014

About

Ingredients

2 48-oz. cans tomato juice (for a chunkier sauce, replace 1 can with an equal amount of crushed tomatoes)
28

Sauce
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Crush or mince the garlic, finely shred the carrots, and mince the onion and pepper. Combine all ingredients in a large kettle and simmer until desired thickness. Taste for salt when partly cooked and add if needed.
You will have about 3½ quarts of sauce when using the