Best 4 Canning Marinara Sauce Recipes

CANNING MARINARA SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large pot cook onion, celery, and carrots in oil until tender (around 20 minutes).
• Stir a few times and add garlic.
• Cook for 2 more minutes.
• Add tomatoes, sugar, and pepper and stir.
• Put through a food mill if you would like a smoother sauce or whirl in a food processor.
• Add remaining seasonings except salt and cook to desired consistency.
• Add salt and remove bay leaf.
• Pack into hot clean jars leaving 1/2 inch head space.
• Process for 45 minutes (altitudes up to 1000 feet).
• Yield depends on how much you cook it down, but it will make approximately 8 pint jars.

THE BEST MARINARA SAUCE

Steps:

• In a stockpot, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion; cook and stir until softened, 3-4 minutes. Add 2 tablespoons garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Add tomatoes, water and 1/2 cup basil; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, until tomatoes are completely broken down and soft, about 1 hour, stirring occasionally., Press tomato mixture through a food mill into a large bowl; discard skins and seeds. Return tomato mixture to stockpot; add 1/2 cup of remaining basil, oregano and remaining garlic. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, until thickened, 3-1/2 to 4 hours, stirring occasionally. Add tomato paste and remaining 1/4 cup of basil; season with salt and pepper. , Add 1 tablespoon plus 1-1/2 teaspoons lemon juice to each of 3 hot 1-1/2-pint jars. Ladle hot mixture into jars, leaving 1/2-in. headspace. Remove air bubbles and adjust headspace, if necessary, by adding hot mixture. Wipe rims. Center lids on jars; screw on bands until fingertip tight., Place jars into canner with simmering water, ensuring that they are completely covered with water. Bring to a boil; process for 40 minutes. Remove jars and cool.

TOMATO HARVEST MARINARA SAUCE

Steps:

• Place tomatoes, bay leaves, honey, oregano, 1 tablespoon salt, and black pepper in a large stockpot and cover with water. Stir to combine, cover, and bring to a low boil over medium-high heat. Remove cover and simmer 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove bay leaves. Taste and adjust seasoning.
• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir onions and garlic in the hot oil until the onions are softened but not browned, about 10 minutes.
• Transfer the cooked tomatoes to a food mill placed over a bowl and puree in batches, separating the tomato pulp and juice from the tomato skins and seeds. Return the tomato pulp and juice to the stockpot, add the cooked onions and garlic, and cook, uncovered, over medium-high heat until sauce thickens and reduces by about half, about 1 to 1-1/2 hours. Stir occasionally to prevent scorching.
• Prepare quart jars, rings, and lids by heating them in boiling water in a canning kettle for at least 5 minutes. When the sauce is ready, remove jars and lids and place on dry towel.
• To each jar, add 1 teaspoon salt and 3 tablespoons bottled lemon juice. Ladle the hot tomato sauce into jars, leaving 1/2-inch of space at the top of each jar. Wipe jar rims with a clean, damp cloth, place lids onto jars, and screw on rings.
• Place filled jars in the canning kettle. Return water to a simmer, adding more water if needed to cover the jars by at least 1/2 inch. Cover kettle and bring water to a boil. Cook at a steady boil to process the jars until fully sealed, about 45 minutes. Turn off heat and let jars rest 5 minutes before removing and cooling on a clean, dry towel placed on kitchen counter or table. Check that the lids have sealed, and store in a cool, dark place for up to 1 year.

MARINARA SAUCE FOR CANNING

Steps:

• In a large pot, heat olive oil.
• Add onions until translucent.
• Add garlic and saute a few minutes.
• Add tomatoes, wine, salt, black pepper, hot pepper flakes, oregano, sugars and vinegar.
• Bring to boil and then simmer for 90 minutes (at least) - it should reduce a bit.
• Add tomato paste and fresh herbs, simmer 10 minutes.
• To can:.
• Add 3 TBSP bottled lemon juice to each empty quart canning jar (2 TBSP for pint jars).
• Processing with a Water Bath for 40 minutes for quart jars, 35 minutes for pint jars.