BASIC TOMATO SAUCE AND HOW TO CONSERVE.
I love to prepare my own tomato sauce, is a basic and so simple recipe and if you wish you can store for a future use, that's why, I also put on the video the process to conserve the sauce.
Note: Before put to boil the jar, you should wash well with water and soap. It is important to create the vacuum, you will notice that you will not be able anymore to press the middle part of the cap, it will be already down because of the vacuum. When you want to use the sauce. You will hear the click.
I use Dry Oregano and basil because I could not get Fresh but, if you can get fresh, is good also to use.
Ingredients:
1 Kg Tomatoes or 7 tomatoes.
1 Small onion or 1/2 Big Onion.
3 Garlic Cloves.
1-2 Teaspoon of Oregano or to taste (You can use Fresh Oregano).
1-2 Teaspoon of Basil (You can use fresh basil)
Salt to taste.
Pepper to taste.
1/2 Cup Red Wine (You can use also Chicken or vegetable soup) or ( 1 tsp of Vegetable or chicken stock powder and water)
1 Teaspoon of sugar.
1/2- 1 Teaspoon of paprika or chili powder.
Como preparar:
1.Cut the surface of the tomatoes in shape of X and put to boil for about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and pass into cold water.
2. Remove the skin and the seeds of the tomatoes.
3. Separate 3 tomatoes and blend.
4. In a pan, add bit of oil, the onion finely chopped, the garlic cloves finely chopped and fry some minutes, take care to not burn none of this ingredients.
5.Add the 4 tomatoes that you separate without seeds and skin and mix with the onion and garlic, crush and leave to heat in medium-low flame. Add the 3 tomatoes previously blended and mix.
6. Add salt to taste, pepper to taste, sugar, paprika or chilli powder, dry or fresh oregano in my case I use 1 tsp of dry oregano. Basil I use 1 1/2 tsp of basil, you can use also fresh basil, red wine. Mix and leave the sauce in low heat, check if need more salt and add if necessary. Leave sauce in low heat for about 30 min stir occasionally and remove from flame. The sauce is ready, you can use for your pizza, pasta or you can save for later. You need to sterilize the jar that you will use to save.
7.For sterilize, wash well the jar with soap and water. Then, put to boil from 10-15 min. Remove with a cooking tweezers and let to dry upside down some minutes.
8. Next step is add the sauce to our jar. The sauce must be hot and you should fill completely, up to the top. Mix with spoon, removing the air and clean with a napkin the thread so when you cover with the cap, close well. Let to cool down at room temperature upside down to allow to create the vacuum, you will notice that the middle part of the cap is down because of the vacuum and when you want to use the sauce, you will hear a click.
9. The time to store this sauce is like 2 months aprox.
