Fresh Tomatoes

Combined Items (not cooked)

Cooked Tomato Sauce

Roots Tomato Sauce

Ingredients

• Garden love
• 4-5 pounds of tomatoes
• 8 tablespoons of butter
• 1 large yellow onion
• ½ teaspoon of salt
• 4 basil leaves (if desired)

Cooking Directions

• Clean and wash tomatoes
• Boil large pot of water
• Add tomatoes (in batches as needed)
  • Cook for 1 minute
  • Remove and place into cold ice water, skins should start to fall off
  • Remove final bits of skin from tomatoes by hand
  • Cut into chucks (removing as many seeds as possible, the stem, and the core)
• Peel and cut 1 onion in half (top to bottom)
• Combine tomatoes, onions, butter, salt into a large pot
• Simmer on low for 45 minutes occasionally stirring and breaking up large pieces
  • Note add basil with 10 minutes to go
• Remove onion
• Remove basil leaves (if added)
• Serve with favorite pasta