How to make Tomato Sauce from tomatoes | Quick Italian Tomato Passata Sauce

In this video I show you how I make a delicious Tomato Sauce from tomatoes. This Italian tomato passata sauce made from fresh garden tomatoes can be made in less than an hour using this traditional method. This sauce is very versatile and can be used in any recipe that calls for fresh marinara sauce. It will keep for a week in the fridge or can be frozen. I will also show you how I can my sauce using the boiling water method for use all winter long. Nothing beats fresh tomato sauce from the garden! It truly is the taste of summer.

00:00 Introducttion
00:52 Cutting the tomatoes
02:33 Cooking the tomatoes
04:20 Draining the tomatoes
05:15 Processing the tomatoes / Food Mill
09:45 Seasoning the sauce
11:19 Canning the tomato sauce

Tomatoes - as many as you can get.
Cut out cores and blemishes and add to a pot.
Cook on low-medium heat until it comes to a boil. Check often to prevent burning on the bottom. Once it comes to a boil, let it simmer for 10 minutes. Drain off the clear tomato water using a colander and then process your tomatoes with a food mill or strainer to remove the skins and seeds from the pulp.
Season with salt and fresh basil and simmer for 10-15 minutes. If it is too runny, cook longer to reduce.

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[ericgerber]

This process is very similar to the recipe I’ve used for 50+ years. A suggestion: the drained water contains much of the natural sugars and acids that makes tomatoes yummy. Removing it from the sauce permanently diminishes the sauce’s flavor. So after setting aside the pulp I place the juice in a large flat, non-corrosive pan such as a stainless or nonstick frying pan, and rapidly boil it down to the consistency of thin catsup. I add that back into the pulp just before canning. It makes a very noticeable improvement to the sauce’s flavor.

[dbfpwlg]

I love my hand crank mill, passed on from my grandmother, it makes the best applesauce texture as well!!!

[suzannevega]

I dehydrate the skin/ seeds, turn it into a powder to use as a spice, I love it!

[GrowCookPreserveWithKellyDawn]

Homegrown tomatoes truly are the best!

[RoseBornagain]

My mum did the same way we call it in Italy salsa di pomodoro, the best.

[CookingwithAnadi]

Hey there! I use passata almost daily and never made it myself. I would love to use garden fresh tomatoes like you did! This must be heavenly with pasta or even bread. Well done here, loved it!

[sO_RoNerY]

Here's a tip from an half Italian man who has also watched Italians make tomato sauce: cook the sauce down, but add the basil later once you do the tomato sauce test on a plate. If you see water separate from the sauce running down the plate, it's not ready. Once it is ready, tear the basils with your fingers and add it to the sauce and leave it in.

You can also add carrots, onion and celery into a blender with oil (I use water) and blender until it comes a thick sauce. Add it to a flat pan and cook until it becomes a paste but don't burn it. Once this step is done you add it to the tomato sauce. Basil towards the end after you do the tomato sauce test on the plate. You don't have to. But you also don't want a watery tomato sauce. Add your pepper and salt too (I use only pepper; there is a nice natural sodium in the onions, carrots and celery).

[mr_b]

Excellent video for perfect preserved tomatoes, I use the identical process. I use citric acid instead of lemon juice, (same purpose) and I also add white vinegar to the water in the canner to keep jars crystal clear.
Nice job..😊

[danspizzacorner]

The perfect sauce for pizza. I love it 😊

[jackwalker]

Thank you for teaching this. Simple here and retired from the Infantry and learning to eat something with m ore than one color. You people are worth anything I did and thank you very much

[alejandracabrera]

just finished your garden video. the tomatoes are looking juicy and im sure are delicious. love tomato-based recipes 🍅

[susanmartinez]

I want to thank you for your video. I’ve been wanting to make and can my own tomato sauce since my garden produced so many tomatoes!!! 😊

[michaeldimaria]

Great video I have a healthy crop of San Manzano in the garden I'm going to give this a try .

[kavitarai]

Wow this tomato sauce very good yemmy

[christymckinley]

Ohh I never throw away the skins.. I dehydrate them and then grind them up for a tomato powder .. I use it in chili, soups.. and reconstitute it with water for tomato paste..

[TommyG]

Looks great! I add and fish out 4 garlic cloves, 3 stalks celery, 2 onions and 1 carrot and cook 2 hours but that's to make about 20 jars of that size. Basil gets a half hour and also comes out. About the same amount yes. I use cheese cloth for the veggies but not the basil.

But yes trust this recipe ✝️

[RoseJackson]

That sauce is beautiful. Thank you for the awesome tutorial. I just got a food mill today and it's a workout, lol.

[greenview_learning]

I really like your 'style, ' like the music in the background!

[aggiekromah]

Tomato sauce made simple thanks brother😁👌👌🌹

[d.haroldangel]

Excellent. To the point, no bs, very well explained.