Homemade Tomato Sauce 
Once you've made this Homemade Tomato Sauce, you'll want to pour it on everything you eat.
HERE'S ALL IT TAKES
- 1 (28 ounce) can San Marzano whole tomatoes, No Other Will Do (considered a specialty food item, but I get them from Brookshire's here in deep East Texas, 2 hours from Dallas- nuf said)
- 1/2 small yellow onion, finely chopped
- 2 celery stalks, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 large garlic cloves, minced
- 1 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning
Use either an immersion blender or drink blender to puree tomatoes, set aside.
In a medium saucepan over medium heat, cook onion and celery in oil until soften. Add in garlic and Italian seasonings, cook 1 minute, careful not to burn the garlic, stir constantly. Pour in pureed tomatoes. Cover with lid, allow for stream to escape. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to a simmer and cook for 20 minutes. Stirring occasionally.
Remove from heat and carefully pass through a sieve that is set over a medium bowl. Use a rubber spatula to press the cooked vegetables through the sieve. Be sure to scrape the bottom of the sieve, too. Don't waste any of the sauce. It all goes into the bowl. This important step will give you a deliciously smooth sauce.
If you have kids or adults that don't like chunky pasta sauces, but you like sauces with a lot of flavor, this is your happy place. I've made the habit of doubling this recipe and storing the extra for future meals.
Great Thingi.. Will help to save some money in the times of slowdown
I’m on my way to Atlanta, stop and take a break in El Paso, read this post and start driving again. What do I see at about 11pm just off of I-20 in Weatherford? A Brookshire’s!! But they were closed.
I will try the recipe with Hunts (do I have a choice??????)
Sounds good.
Oh Potato Chef! Stop at a Whole Foods market in Birmingham, Alabama or there’s several in the Atlanta area.
For sure Whole Foods carries them. I’m not a food snob by any means. But please seek these tomatoes out and try them, they really have a WONDERFUL FLAVOR unlike any canned tomato I’ve ever eaten.
Let me go one further- Have you ever smelled canned whole tomatoes & felt compelled to eat one out of the can?
San Marzano tomatoes have a fresh, sweet aroma and taste. When you buy them, go ahead and eat a whole tomato. Careful, they’re full of juice.
Don’t salt & pepper it, just eat it.
This has me thinking. I should do a taste comparison and line out the top brands of whole tomatoes, with a store brand and San Marzano. I’ll get my friends to come over and taste them right out of the can, then cook them up in a very basic tomato sauce. We’ll taste the sauce and see if in the end, it’s worth being picky about buying canned tomatoes.