Homemade Spaghetti Sauce for Canning

WIth Roasted Tomatoes

You’ll love the rich, savory sauce made from simple ingredients. It is so rewarding to make your own delicious spaghetti sauce from your fresh homegrown tomatoes! Roasting the tomatoes adds extra flavor and thickness to the sauce. 

Ingredients

–Tomatoes – Onion – Bell Peppers – Worcestershire Sauce – Parsley Flakes – Oregano – Basil Leaves – Italian Seasoning – Canning Salt – Minced Garlic – Lemon Juice

First rinse the tomatoes and core, as necessary.

Cut up the tomatoes and place in a sheet pan or baking tray.

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Place the pan in the oven and broil the tomatoes.

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Pick the tomatoes up with tongs and squeeze the excess liquid out. Chop the tomatoes in a food processor and add them to the stock pot or roasting pan.

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Roasting the tomatoes also makes them easy to peel. I don’t peel my tomatoes, but if you wanted to, this would be a great way to do it.

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Cut up the peppers and place them in the pan and roast them in the oven

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Chop the peppers and onions in a food processor and add them to a large pot or roasting pan

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Add the remaining ingredients and then simmer until the sauce is at the desired thickness.

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Ladle the sauce into canning jars using a canning funnel.

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Add 1 Tablespoon of Lemon Juice to each pint jar.

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Wipe the rims of each mason jar, remove the air bubbles and place lids and screw band.

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Add the canning jars to the boiling water bath and process jars at a full rolling boil for 10 minutes.

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Remove the hot jars from the canning pot after the processing time with a jar lifter and place jars on a kitchen towel on the counter. Do not disturb for 24 hours.

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