Show Your Stuff #96 - Home Made Canned Spaghetti Sauce

It is time again for another edition of Show Your Stuff. We got another bunch of fresh tomatoes and this time we made up some spaghetti sauce.

Spaghetti Sauce

25 medium ripe tomatoes

4 large green peppers (cleaned and quartered)

4 large Onions (peeled and quartered)

24 oz. Tomato paste

1 cup Canola oil

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 cup salt

8 gloves garlic (peeled)

2 Tablespoons Oregano

2 Tablespoons Parsley

2 Tablespoons Basil

2 Tablespoons crushed red pepper

2 Tablespoons Worcestershire Sauce

3 Bay Leaves

Lemon juice

Peel tomatoes using the shock method*

Put Green peppers, onions, and garlic into food processor and liquifey 

Put all ingredients in a stock pot (do not use aluminum pot) except lemon juice

Bring to boil and let simmer on low heat for 5 hours. Stirring occasionally

While sauce is simmering prepare jars for canning**

After 5 hours add 1 teaspoon lemon juice to each jar, add sauce leaving 1/2 inch of room at top of jar.

seal jars and wipe off jars.

Boil jars in large pot for 40 minutes (for quart jars) having water at least 2 inches above lids.

Remove from water and let cool before storing

*Have a pot of boiling water drop 4 or 5 tomatoes into boiling water for 45 seconds then place immediately into ice bath. The peels should come right off. Don't forget to core your tomatoes.

**Boil jars and lids in stock pot or jar sterilizer for 20 minutes. remove and let air dry.