The Marinara Sauce that gets rave reviews and recipe requests from all my other canned goods! It's the perfectly thick tomato sauce with herbs that is tasty enough to dip into bread or spread over your favorite pizza dough! Compatible to Pizza Hut's Marinara Sauce this tomato sauce is the only one you'll need, it's so tasty and versatile!
Equipment
24-quart stockpot
blender
Ingredients
Marinara Sauce:
9quarts tomato juice (pureed tomatoes)
1 gallontomato paste
1quartketchup
9onions(quartered)
4green bell peppers(seeded and trimmed)
8celery sticks
Dried Herbs:
2Tbspchili powder
6Tbspsalt
9Tbspparsley flakes
6Tbsppaprika
3cupswhite sugar
2cupsparmesan cheese
3Tbsporegano
3Tbsp garlic powder
2Tbspdry mustard
2Tbsp black pepper
Instructions
How to Make Marinara Sauce:
Prepare the tomato juice* (see notes.)
Blend the celery, onions, and peppers in a blender with some juice. Pour into a large stockpot and add the tomato juice.
Add the rest of the ingredients and bring to a boil stirring occasionally. Ladle into jars and seal with lids. Process in a water bath for 30 minutes.
Notes
Notes: If using a hand blender, bring the veggies to a boil with part tomato juice for easier blending.
To make tomato juice: blend fresh tomatoes that have been washed, cored, and trimmed with the skins. Can also use canned diced or whole tomatoes instead of fresh tomatoes. Strain the juice from pulp if you wish, although it's more nutritious with it.
To make a smaller serving: and not can simply scale down the recipe with the serving calculator tool.
This Marinara sauce yields approx 5-6 gallons so you need a large pot. Here is the same 24-quart heavy-duty stockpot that I own.