End Of The Summer Harvest Tomato Sauce

Total Time: 12 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 12 hrs

Ingredients

• 12 large tomatoes, stemmed and quartered (mine were as large as my fist)
• 20 cherry tomatoes, stemmed
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 large green pepper, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, whole chopped (more or less for taste)
• 1 cup fresh basil (i use a handful)
• 1 cup fresh oregano (i use a handful)
• 1 tablespoon red pepper, for heat (optional- or to taste) (optional)
• 2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
• 2 cups water
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 add all ingredients to crock pot and put on low 6 hours.
• 2 then mash with potato masher and cook on low for 6-8 more hours.
• 3 add more seasonings to taste at his point.
• 4 for freezing- put into freezer containers and freeze.
• 5 i do not add meat at this point, i add meat when reheating for dinner.
• 6 notice: i do not skin tomatoes, as i mash them in the sauce.
• 7 for a smoother sauce when cool and before freezing run through a sieve or a blender, then put into freezer containers.