Ingredients

  • 1 14 finely chopped onions
  • 1 12 cups finely chopped celery
  • 1 cup finely chopped carrot
  • 12 cup olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon minced garlic
  • 8 lbs ripe tomatoes, peeled, seeded and chopped
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 teaspoon dried basil
  • 1 teaspoon oregano
  • 1 teaspoon marjoram
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon pepper

Method

  • In a large pot cook onion, celery and carrots in the oil until tender-around 20 minutes.
  • Stir a few times.
  • Add garlic and cook for 2 more minute.
  • Add tomatoes, sugar and pepper and stir.
  • Put through a food mill if you would like smooth sauce-whirl in a processor if you dont have a mill.
  • Add remaining seasonings except salt and cook to desired consistency.
  • Add salt, remove bay leaf.
  • Pack into clean hot jars leaving 1/2 inch head space.
  • Process for 45 minutes at altitudes up to 1000 feet.
  • There is no set amount of what your yield is as it depends on how much you cook it down.
  • I boil 8 pint jars.
  • You can freeze this also.