Homemade Canned Spaghetti Sauce
DIY canning spaghetti sauce recipes are a tomato grower's dream come true! Use up your garden bounty and enjoy it later in the year. —Tonya Branham, Mt. Olive, Alabama
Ingredients
- 25 pounds tomatoes (about 80 medium)
- 4 large green peppers, seeded
- 4 large onions, cut into wedges
- 2 cans (12 ounces each) tomato paste
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup salt
- 8 garlic cloves, minced
- 4 teaspoons dried oregano
- 2 teaspoons dried parsley flakes
- 2 teaspoons dried basil
- 2 teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons bottled lemon juice
Reviews
I agree with Lorriane. Everything I've read says use bottled lemon juice to assure acidity for safety. Also, have read that when using veggies such as peppers, sauce needs to be pressure canned, as this changes acididty too much to be safe for water bath. What does the test kitchen say?
Me again. A year later. Water canned sauce with oil stored in the cupboard was a massive success. Tasty tasty tasty. Two things I will do this year differently: 1) add less [read: way less] sugar,
I haven't tried the recipe BUT I have been canning a lot in recent years and everything I read states bottled lemon juice should be used. The acidity is constant in bottled juice whereas fresh not so much. The success of a canning recipe depends on the acidity...lemon or vinegar to insure safety. Spices can used per taste.
Just learning to can tomatoes. When directions call for completely covering jars with water in bath, but video shows only a few inches. Which is correct?
First time at canning. Do you store in pantry or refrigerate?
Is this a true tested recipe with this much oil in it? It’s my understanding that canning things made with lil in large quantities can cause botchulism.
I've been wanting to can sauce for years, think I will try this....many people say they had to add more spices....I think I would can as is and add more fresh when I am using it....also are mushrooms ok with this or should I wait and do them fresh also....thanks for the recipe and the great ideas from everyone...
I made this recipe and following the whole recipe. I used C oil, sugar and lemon juice. Make sure using 25 #s of tomatoes have at least 16 qt stock pot. I read someone else used 16#s of tomatoes because that what she had left , that cool. I used a little more of the spices. It tasted excellent!!!!
Made this recipe yesterday. The consistency is perfect and the flavor is better than my own recipe I have used for many years. I left out the oil as I normally would not use anyways and did not add additional water as the quartered tomatoes has plenty. Otherwise I followed the recipe as written. Sauce simmered for 5 hours and used my immersion blender for less than a minute to break up any larger tomato pieces remaining. The flavor is very fresh tasting. I used a half bushel of regular tomatoes and had a yield of 9 quarts and a pint. Out with my old recipe and in with this new. You won't be disappointed.
Made the sauce today. I start by following the recipe but used 16LBs of tomatoes that's what was left in my garden. I used 3 different kinds of tomatoes to give it extra flavor. But I had to up the seasoning I used1 TB oregano1TB of basil , 1 TB parsley flakes, 1 t salt, 1t pepper flakes , 2 bay leaves, 3 x 6oz can of paste and the Worcestershire sauces. It was a great base recipe. But needed more , I used 12 garlic cloves, 2 onions, 1 red and green pepper. 1/2 c oil and no sugar, Added no water. simmered for 5 hours. produced 12 pints . family kept sneaking bowls out. Also added 1 TB of lemon juice per pint had no effect on taste.