Are you wondering how those round and red tomatoes can be turned to delicious sauce? If you do, then you should wonder no more. Here is where we are going to talk about everything that you need to know so that you can turn those tomatoes to sauce, including how to pick the right tomatoes and how to pack them in the jars.
Do not worry that creating your own sauce is not so hard to do, however you do need to spend quite some time and also labor into it. With fifteen fresh tomatoes, you will be able to create about eight pints of tomato sauce. For this eight pints, you will need one full afternoon to do everything from start to finish. So if you decided to make larger batch, it is better if you ask another person to help you in the labor.
There are so many types of tomatoes in the market, yet are all of them good to be transformed into tomato sauce? The answer is no, but any tomatoes that have good taste is actually good for sauce. If you want canning, then paste tomatoes like Romas are recommended as they have more flesh, fewer seeds and less juice. On the other hand, these paste tomatoes are smaller and this only means that you will have to spend more time in the preparation, plus, they are usually not as flavorful as tomatoes.
To help save some time in the production of the sauce, it may be best to chop the tomatoes before throwing them in the food processor or blender. If you want chunky results, then you only need a few pulses, but if you want smoother sauce than you will need longer processing time. On the other hand, if you want Avery chunky result, then you can just skip the blending process ad just continue to the simmering because the tomatoes will eventually break down naturally in the process?
The cooking process to make tomato sauce will range from 30 to 90 minutes. You need to know the uses of your sauce so that you can determine whether you need a thick sauce or not. If you want thick sauce, then you will need to leave it on the burner longer. Once it reaches the taste and also consistency that you aim, then you will need to take it out of the burner. Have a nice try!
