Homemade Pizza Sauce (to freeze)
When you have an abundance of tomatoes, make homemade tomato sauce! It's perfect for pizza, pasta, and even soup.
Ingredients
- 20 large tomatoes, chopped
- 2 organic bell peppers, chopped
- 2 large heads of garlic, peeled and chopped
- 2 onions, peeled and diced
- 1 bunch basil, de-stemmed and finely chopped
- 4 cans organic tomato paste
- 2 Tbsp paprika
- 2 Tbsp kelp granules, optional
- 2 Tbsp coconut sugar
- Sea salt, to taste
- Black pepper, to taste
Instructions
- 1. Wash and chop all of the vegetables and add them to a large stockpot.
- 2. Cook over medium-high heat until it starts to bubble.
- 3. Add in spices, stir and turn down to low heat.
- 4. Cover pot and let it simmer for 3 hours.
- 5. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
- 6. Add in the tomato paste.
- 7. Using an immersion blender, puree the sauce right in the stockpot until smooth.
- 8. Ladle into clean 1/2 pint canning jars, leaving 1" headroom to allow for expansion if you plan to freeze the sauce.
- 9. Cool completely and stack upright in the freezer (don't forget to label and date the jars!).
- 10. Lasts up to 1 week in the fridge and up to 1 year (or more) in the freezer.
