Tomato Sauce Notes

All The basics:

• use Roma tomatoes ( aka Paste Tomatoes )
• Remove the skins and seeds
  • cut an X on the bottom of the tomatoes and dunk in boiling water for 10 seconds
  • plunge in ice water
  • Skins come off ! Voila!
  • remove bad bits and seeds
  • This reduced the bulk of you tomatoes but leaves the best bits for sauce.
  • put the skins and seeds in your compost
  • Add seaonsing and simmer the crap put of it. Times vary.
  • for bottling: add some lemon juice to the filled jard before sealing.

For Tomato Paste

• • Add [#Seasoning]
  • Blend into slurry
  • Spread the slurry on a cookie sheet and bake at 200 for as long as you care.

Seasoning

Use some none or all

• Basil
• Oregano
• salt
• pepper
• Bay leaf
• olive oil
• garlic