My new kitchen is smaller than the one in the last house but since our dining and kitchen are all together we have room to add an additional table. That is becoming the canning table.
Sunday we made 21 quarts of spaghetti sauce in 2 batches. With our tomatoes we'll be making one batch of spaghetti sauce and then one batch of salsa. Otherwise my kids will just want to make salsa.
We have more of a process than a recipe for our sauce but I did measure the spices for one batch to share with you. We used an 18 quart pot so adjust the "recipe" as needed for your family.
Spaghetti Sauce Recipe:
about 10 pounds of tomatoes
about 2 pounds of onions
about 5 heads of fresh garlic
6 tbsp Tone's Garlic and Herb spice mix
4 tbsp Italian Seasoning
2 tbsp ground black pepper
3 tbsp salt
3 cups Parmesan cheese
tomato paste (optional)
- Cut any bad spots and stems from tomatoes and chop coarsely. You can put these in a colander to drain off some of the juice if you want.
- Peel onions and chop coarsely.
- Peel garlic.
- Put in blender and pulse until it is how you like it.
- Put in big pot.
- Add seasonings.
- Simmer until heated throughout
- You can either let the sauce cook down to get thick or add some tomato paste to thicken. Or you can just can it thin and worry about it's thickness when you use it. Whatever works for you! I've done it all three ways.
To can the spaghetti sauce:
- Clean and boil jars
- Put lids in bowl with boiling water
- Ladle hot sauce into hot jars
- Cover with lids and tighten bands
- Put jars back into water (you may have remove some of the water)
- Bring to a boil and boil for 25 minutes
- Remove and let cool.
- Remove bands before storing
There are lots of ways to make spaghetti sauce, if you make spaghetti sauce how do you make it? Leave your recipe or link in the comments.
This post is linked to Tasty Tuesday at Beauty and Bedlam, Tuesday Garden Party and The Stuff of Success.
Can I just move in?!?! This sauce looks amazing. Work in June = savory sauce in December! Love your method and might give it a try soon. I'm not familiar with Tone's Spice Mix...I'll have to check that out. Happy Canning!
ReplyDeleteSure! As long as you do some French cooking. I get the Tone's at Sam's Club. My regular grocery store doesn't carry that brand. BTW, I loved checking out your blog, so many wonderful recipes.
DeleteWow! You are good to go. The spaghetti sauces sounds wonderful. I might have to try it some year when I get set up for harvesting veggies and fruit. My mom just discovered some wild berries in her back pasture. She has been picking a ton of them.
ReplyDeleteHow fun! Wild berries are extra sweet because you don't have to tend to them, you just get to harvest! How's the move going?
DeleteWow, looks like fun! This year I don't expect to can much since I didn't have time to do much of a garden. If I'm lucky enough to find good deals on produce then I plan to can when possible.
ReplyDeleteIt's hard to garden in the middle of a move and remodel. I buy some of the things we can, like the corn and peaches. A local produce store will give me a discount if I buy in cases.
DeleteThis is what I've been looking for! I want to begin canning, but am at a loss... not any more!
ReplyDeleteDropping by from An Oregon Cottage. I'm your newest follower (and fellow homeschooler) from A Season for All Things.
Thanks, Ellen. For canning the most important thing to remember is hot jars, hot lids and hot filling...and all will be fine. A good beginning resource is the Ball Blue Book of Canning. You can find it in the canning section of the store. The only thing I do different is that I don't peel my produce because my family doesn't care if the peel is on.
DeleteThat looks delicious! It looks like I will be joining you in canning--we still have a really full freezer, so my freezer jam that I usually make is probably going to have to be canned this year instead.
ReplyDeleteWe're in the same boat. We've been ordering our meat from a co-op and we order for 3 months at a time plus all the venison we have from last fall. Have fun!
DeleteGreat idea! I enJOY my own sauce better than most in the store. Good to know this can be done.
ReplyDeleteLet me know how it turns out.
DeleteLooks like you guys had a good haul. Canning is on my gardening bucket list. It motivates me to conquer our basement this summer in order to put shelving and a freezer in down there. Thanks for sharing your recipe!
ReplyDeleteThat's a great goal. You'll love having all that organized and full.
DeleteHi, great post! Do you peel and seed your tomatoes? Or use a food mill. I canned sauce only one time and did all the steps and it was just a long process and time consuming. I am not sure my brood would like the seeds and skins in their sauce. They are all so spoiled!
ReplyDeleteI don't peel the tomatoes. I just run them through the blender. Mine don't really care about the seeds. I have a couple who pick out the skins. One thing you can do is remove the stem and freeze your tomatoes first. When they start to thaw out the skins come right off.
DeleteI just got a vitamix machine and my first thought when I bought it was - spaghetti sauce. I can't wait to try it. Thanks for linking up to TheStuffofSuccess. Enjoy your week. Athena
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting!
DeleteYummy! This recipe sounds amazing. I think I will pass your site on to my sister. She has a new greenhouse this year and I suspect she will be very interested in your recipe. Thanks for sharing! Cheers
ReplyDeleteThanks! How fun for your sister to have a greenhouse. Hopefully she will share.
DeleteGirl- that is some pretty impressive canning you have going on! Thank goodness for all your picking "helpers"!
ReplyDeleteJessica
stayathomeista.com
oh, yes. There's no way we could do this without our helpers. They don't necessarily enjoy helping but they love eating so it's good trade off.
DeleteI'm right there with you with the canning. My kitchen has produce and jars everywhere.
ReplyDeleteThanks for coming over and linking this up at the Carnival of Home Preserving! Come back this Friday for the next edition. Hope to see you there!
I've been searching all day for a good spaghetti sauce recipe to can. Found you on pintrest. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThanks, LeAnne. I hope you enjoy it.
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