Tomato sauce for the winter

Tomato sauce for the winter is now becoming increasingly popular. Gone are the days when we admired imported jars and bottles with unknown contents. Nowadays, homemade preparations are coming back into fashion. And during the season of mass ripening of tomatoes, it is simply impossible not to prepare at least a few jars of fragrant, natural and very tasty tomato sauce for the winter.

How to cook tomato sauce correctly

Sauce, in general, is used to give dishes new flavors, to revive them and correct mistakes if the main dish was not prepared quite correctly.

Tomato sauce belongs to the group of fruit and vegetable sauces that use exclusively natural products. But to make tomato sauce for the winter, heat treatment is necessary so that it can be preserved for a long time. Although there is a so-called raw tomato sauce, which preserves all the useful elements, it must be stored exclusively in a cold place and not for long, a maximum of a few weeks.

In some recipes for making sauce, you must first obtain tomato juice or take a ready-made one. In others, the tomatoes are simply crushed in any way and the skin and seeds are left in the vegetable mass for further boiling.

Some recipes require the use of vinegar, but it is better to find natural varieties for these purposes - apple or wine vinegar. As a last resort, you can use lemon or cranberry juice.

Making tomato sauce from tomatoes for the winter is very popular in Mediterranean countries: Italy, Greece, Macedonia. Therefore, recipes are often replete with a variety of herbs and spices used. It is advisable to find them fresh, but if this is not possible, then dried seasonings will do.

Classic tomato sauce recipe

The traditional recipe for tomato sauce does not require the widest selection of ingredients:

• about 3.5 kg of ripe tomatoes;
• 200 g onions;
• 10-15 g mustard powder;
• 100 ml wine or apple cider vinegar;
• 30 g salt and sugar;
• 2 g ground red hot and 3 g black pepper;
• 4 cloves.

According to classical technology, tomato juice is first obtained from tomatoes.

1. Juice can be obtained using a juicer.
2. Or use the manual method, in which tomatoes, cut into slices, are first heated under a lid in any convenient container. And then they are rubbed through a sieve, removing seeds and remaining skin.
3. Then the resulting juice is poured into a saucepan with a thick bottom and boiled until the volume of liquid is reduced by one third.
   
   Important! During the first half of cooking, all foam that forms must be removed from the tomatoes. Later it stops forming.

   

4. Then add salt, spices, mustard and finely chopped onion to the tomato puree.
5. Cook over low heat for another 5-10 minutes, add vinegar.
6. Pour hot into jars and additionally sterilize: 5 minutes for half-liter jars, 10 minutes for liter jars.

Tomato, pepper and garlic sauce

This recipe has a much richer composition compared to the classic one, and can be used not only as a sauce, but also as a putty for sandwiches.

You will need:

• 5 kg of red ripe tomatoes;
• 1.5 kg of red bell pepper;
• 1 pod of hot pepper, also preferably red;
• 2-3 heads of garlic;
• 150 g carrots;
• 100 g each of dill and parsley (if necessary, fresh herbs can be replaced with dried ones);
• 60 g salt;
• 100 g vegetable oil.

And it’s very easy to create such a delicious tomato sauce for the winter using this recipe.

1. All vegetables need to be thoroughly washed and all excess removed.
2. Then, after cutting them into small pieces, grind each vegetable through a meat grinder into a separate container.
   
3. First put the grated tomatoes into the pan and cook for about 30 minutes.
4. Then add the peppers to them and cook for another 15-20 minutes.
5. Finally, add ground garlic and herbs, vegetable oil, salt and cook for the last 5 minutes.
6. At the same time, sterilize small jars over steam or in the oven.
7. Boil the lids in boiling water for about 10 minutes.
8. Place the prepared sauce into jars and roll up.

Spicy tomato sauce for the winter

By the way, spicy tomato sauce is prepared using exactly the same technology. In order for it to finally conquer lovers of everything spicy with its vigorous taste, you just need to add 3-4 pods of hot pepper instead of one and certainly red. Because red is the hottest. And if you add a few horseradish roots to the ingredients, then both the taste and aroma will be more than worthy.

Tomato sauce with garlic for the winter

But according to this recipe for the winter, tomato sauce is prepared quite quickly, and although it cannot be called very spicy, garlic still gives it both aroma and piquancy in taste.

To start, you can prepare a small portion of the sauce, for this you will need:

• 200 g of tomato fruits;
• 20 g garlic (5-6 cloves);
• 20 g green onions;
• 20 g parsley;
• 20 g hot capsicum;
• 5 ml red wine vinegar;
• 20 ml vegetable oil;
• 3-4 g salt.

Preparation:

1. The skin of the washed tomatoes is cut crosswise, they are poured with boiling water for 30 seconds, and then placed in cold water.
2. After this, all the fruits are peeled and placed in a blender bowl.
3. Green onions and parsley are cut into small pieces and sent there.
4. The garlic is peeled, divided into cloves, and the hot pepper is freed from tails and seeds.
5. Add them to the tomatoes along with salt and chop.
6. Add oil and vinegar and beat again.
7. Pour the tomato mixture into the pan and cook for 10-15 minutes.
8. Place in small jars and sterilize in boiling water for another 10 minutes, then roll up.

Tomato sauce with basil for the winter

In general, tomato sauce for the winter is most often prepared without sterilization, since the tomato paste or juice in any case must be evaporated for quite a long time so that it thickens well. And a clear example of this is the following recipe, which also contains rather unusual ingredients:

• 3 kg of tomatoes;
• 1 kg of pears;
• 2 kg of sweet peppers;
• 200 g garlic;
• 1 bunch of basil (100 g);
• 2 hot peppers;
• 1 kg of onion;
• 30 g salt;
• 200 g sugar;
• 150 ml vegetable oil;
• 100 ml apple cider vinegar.

Preparing tomato sauce with basil for the winter according to this recipe is simple, but quite time consuming.

1. First, all vegetables and fruits are washed in running water and dried on a towel.
2. Then they are freed from all excess and ground into pieces in any convenient way: you can use a meat grinder, you can use a blender, you can use a food processor.
3. All ingredients, except basil, garlic and hot pepper, are combined in one pan, put on fire, heated to a temperature of +100°C.
4. Add salt, sugar and vegetable oil and cook over low heat for about 40 minutes.
5. The mixture must be stirred during cooking to prevent it from burning.
6. After 40 minutes, add the reserved ingredients and heat for another 10 minutes.
7. At the very end, vinegar is added, distributed into sterile jars and immediately sealed.

Tomato sauce for the winter with apples

Of course, where there are pears, there are also apples. Moreover, tomatoes and apples go perfectly together in many recipes.Apples also contain a large amount of pectin, which makes the consistency of the sauce thicker and more pleasant to eat.

To make sauce from tomatoes and apples you will need:

• 6 kg of tomatoes;
• 5 pieces of large sweet and sour apples;
• 2 pods of hot pepper;
• 100 ml sunflower oil;
• 120 g salt;
• 300 ml apple cider vinegar;
• 400 g sugar;
• 2 teaspoons ground black pepper;
• 4 cloves of garlic.

And preparing it according to the recipe is not quick, but it is easy.

1. Tomatoes, apples and hot peppers are freed from excess parts and cut into small convenient pieces.
2. Next you need to grind them to a puree. You can use a meat grinder for these purposes, or a blender - whatever you have on hand.
3. Then the crushed mixture is placed in a saucepan with a thick bottom and cooked for about two hours over low heat.
4. 10 minutes before the end of cooking, add spices, herbs, oil and vinegar.
5. Finally, they are poured into small jars and sealed.

Sweet tomato sauce for the winter

Using the same technology, they prepare an incredibly tasty sauce that will please those with a sweet tooth.

You will need the following products:

• 6 kg of tomatoes;
• 10 pieces of onions;
• 120 g salt;
• 200 g sugar;
• 200 g honey;
• 6 pieces of cloves;
• 100 g apple cider vinegar;
• 5 g cinnamon;
• 7 g each of ground black and allspice.

Recipe for tomato sauce for the winter with onions

Even if there is little food in the house, you will definitely find the ingredients for this delicious sauce - the main thing is that there are tomatoes:

• 2.5 kg of tomatoes;
• 2 pieces of onions;
• 40 g salt;
• 1 teaspoon each of ground black and red pepper;
• 100 g sugar;
• 3 bay leaves.

And they prepare tomato sauce with onions for the winter according to approximately the same principle as described in the previous recipe.Only tomatoes are cooked for a shorter amount of time - 40 minutes.

A very simple recipe for tomato sauce for the winter

The simplest ingredients are used here:

• 1 kg of tomatoes;
• 9-10 cloves of garlic;
• 2 teaspoons of ground coriander and hop-suneli seasoning;
• 30 g salt;
• 20 g ground red pepper.

And the manufacturing technology itself couldn’t be simpler.

1. The tomatoes are cut into quarters, placed in an enamel container and left in the room for a day.
2. The next day, the separated juice is drained and used for other dishes.
3. The remaining pulp is lightly boiled and crushed with a blender.
4. Cook for another 15-20 minutes with constant stirring.
   
5. Add salt and seasonings, boil for another 3 minutes and place in small containers.
6. Immediately seal with sterile caps.

Tomato sauce without cooking

Vegetables without heat treatment cannot be stored for a long time, even in the cold, unless something spicy is included in the recipe, which will act as an additional preservative. This recipe for tomato sauce deserves the name - spicy, since it includes several similar components.

Thanks to this, you can safely store it even during the long winter season in the refrigerator. At the same time, it is characterized by exceptional healing properties, since all substances beneficial to health are preserved unchanged.

Based on the availability of 6 kg of fresh tomatoes, you will additionally need:

• 12 pieces of red bell pepper;
• 10 pods of red hot pepper;
• 10 heads of garlic;
• 3-4 horseradish roots;
• 1 glass of apple cider vinegar;
• 3 cups sugar;
• ground black pepper and salt to taste.

Despite all the apparent spiciness, the sauce turns out to be quite sweet and delicate. It's very easy to prepare.

1. All vegetables are cleaned of seeds and peels.
2. Using a meat grinder, grind all the vegetables in one container.
3. Add sugar, salt, seasonings to taste, as well as apple cider vinegar.
   
4. Allow the sauce to soak in the spices, keeping it at room temperature for several hours.
5. Then they are put into jars and stored in the refrigerator.

Tomato sauce for the winter: recipe without vinegar

The delicious tomato sauce prepared according to this recipe is also called tomato sauce in French.

You will need:

• 5 kg of tomatoes;
• 2 heads of garlic;
• 500 g onions;
• 30 g tarragon greens (tarragon);
• 60 g salt;
• 150 g sugar;
• 0.5 g ground black pepper;
• vegetable oil - 1 tbsp. spoon into a half-liter jar.

Preparation:

1. Tomato fruits are steamed in a colander over steam until softened.
2. After cooling, rub through a sieve.
3. Separately, chop the garlic, finely chop the onion and herbs with a knife.
4. Mix all the ingredients in one pan and boil for about 2 hours until the volume of the entire mass is reduced by half.
5. Add spices and herbs and mix.
6. Pour the sauce into jars, pour one tablespoon of oil on top of the jar and seal.

The most delicious tomato sauce for the winter

They say that there is no dispute about tastes, but the sauce made according to the recipe described below is liked by both men, women, and children.

You should find the following components, which will make 12 half-liter jars of sauce:

• 7 kg of ripe tomatoes without peel;
• 1 kg of peeled onions;
• 1 head of large garlic;
• 70 ml olive oil;
• 400 g tomato paste;
• 100 g each of basil and parsley;
• 200 g cane brown sugar;
• 90 g salt;
• 1 package (10g) dry oregano;
• 4 g (1 tsp) each of ground black and hot red pepper;
• 30 g dry ground paprika;
• 150 ml red wine vinegar.

And preparing it is not as difficult as it might seem.

1. At the first stage, the tomatoes are peeled by making a small cut in the skin in the shape of a cross and placing the fruits alternately in boiling water for 30 seconds and then in cold water.
2. Then the tomatoes are cut into small pieces and placed in a large saucepan and placed over medium heat.
3. Cook with occasional stirring until the total volume is reduced by 1/3. This usually takes about two hours.
4. At the same time, finely chop the onion and fry it in olive oil until golden brown.
   
5. Garlic is chopped and fried in the same way.
6. Tomato paste is diluted with approximately the same amount of tomato juice from the pan so that it does not subsequently settle to the bottom.
7. Add it to the tomatoes and stir well again.
8. Start adding salt and sugar to the tomato sauce. Do this in parts, each time letting the sauce simmer for 1-2 minutes.
9. Do the same with paprika and all the remaining spices.
10. Finely chop the greens and stir them in tomato sauce in parts.
11. Then add fried garlic and onions.
12. Lastly, wine vinegar is added to the sauce, allowed to simmer for another 3 minutes and poured into jars.
13. Twist and let cool.

Thick tomato sauce for the winter at home

Tomato sauce can be thickened by boiling for a long time, adding apples, starch or... nuts.

According to the recipe you will need:

• 1 kg of tomatoes;
• 300 g peeled walnuts;
• 8 garlic cloves;
• 100 ml lemon or pomegranate juice;
• 7 g ground red pepper;
• 5 g Imeretian saffron (can be replaced with marigold flowers);
• 100 g chopped green cilantro.

Making this tomato sauce at home is not that difficult.

1. Chop the tomatoes, place on the fire and cook for about 20-30 minutes.
2. Grind the nuts through a meat grinder and grind with pepper, garlic and salt.
3. Add cilantro and saffron.
   
4. Add lemon juice and tomato mixture little by little, constantly grinding the resulting paste.
5. Place in small containers and store in a cool place.

Recipe for homemade tomato sauce for the winter with starch

This recipe is probably the easiest and fastest way to make a thick tomato sauce. You can use not even fresh tomato fruits, but ready-made tomato juice, store-bought or home-made.

Required:

• 2 liters of tomato juice;
• 2 tbsp. spoons of potato starch;
• 7 cloves of garlic;
• 50 g salt;
• 3 g each of hot and black ground pepper;
• 250 g sugar;
• 90 ml wine vinegar.

Manufacturing:

1. Pour the tomato juice into a saucepan, set to heat and after boiling, cook for 15-20 minutes.
2. Add spices and finely crushed garlic.
3. After 10 minutes, add vinegar.
4. Dilute potato starch in 150 g of cold water and, with constant intensive stirring, gradually pour the starch liquid into the tomato sauce.
5. Heat again to a boil and after cooking for five minutes, pour into sterile glass containers.

Krasnodar tomato sauce

It’s not for nothing that tomatoes brought from the Krasnodar region are particularly sweet and juicy - after all, in these parts the sun generously saturates all vegetables and fruits with its warmth and light. So the recipe for Krasnodar tomato sauce for the winter has been popular since distant Soviet times, when every housewife could easily prepare it.

The ingredients include:

• 5 kg of tomatoes;
• 5 large apples;
• 10 g paprika;
• 200 ml sunflower oil;
• 4 buds of cloves;
• 3 g ground nutmeg;
• 6 g dry oregano;
• 5 g each of ground allspice and black pepper;
• 30 -40 g salt;
• 80 g apple or wine vinegar;
• 50 g sugar.

This delicate sweet and sour sauce is also easy to prepare.

1. First, as usual, juice is obtained from tomatoes using any usual method.
2. Apples are cut into slices, all seeds are removed and added to tomato juice.
3. The apple-tomato mixture is boiled for at least half an hour, after which spices and herbs are added.
   
   
   Comment! If it is not possible to use the spices in the recipe in a crushed state, it is better to place them in a gauze bag while cooking. And at the end of cooking, remove from the sauce.
4. Cook for another half hour, stirring constantly and skimming off the foam.
5. 5-7 minutes before readiness, add vinegar and oil and pour the hot sauce into jars.

Homemade plum tomato sauce

Among the recipes for making finger-licking tomato sauce for the winter, there are several options with the addition of plums. Two of them will be presented here.

For the basic option the following components will be required:

• 1 kg pitted plums;
• 2 kg of tomatoes;
• 3 onions;
• 100 g garlic;
• 150 g sugar;
• 1 bunch each of basil and dill;
• 2 celery stalks;
• 1 chili pepper;
• 60 g salt.

Tomato sauce for the winter according to this recipe is easiest to prepare using a meat grinder.

1. You need to prepare a little more plum, about 1.2 kg, so that after pitting, exactly 1 kg remains.
2. First, garlic and hot pepper are passed through a meat grinder and placed in a separate container.
3. Then the tomatoes, plums, onions, basil and celery, minced through a meat grinder, are placed in a common saucepan.
4. Add sugar and salt.
5. Place the mixture over a fairly high heat, after boiling, reduce the heat and cook for a total of about 1.5 hours.
6. Garlic, pepper and chopped dill are added 5-7 minutes before the end of cooking.
7. The sauce can be poured into jars either hot or cooled.

Tomato sauce for the winter: recipe with cilantro

If you add a bunch of cilantro and a teaspoon of paprika powder to the ingredients of the previous recipe, removing the basil if possible, the resulting sauce will have a completely different taste, no less interesting.

Recipe for Italian tomato sauce for the winter

And Italian tomato sauce cannot be imagined without a whole set of fragrant spices with the addition of traditional olive oil.

Find and prepare:

• 1 kg of ripe and sweet tomatoes;
• 1 onion of sweet varieties;
• 3 cloves of garlic;
• 50 g fresh (10 g dried) basil;
• 50 g fresh (10 g dried) oregano;
• 30 g rosemary;
• 20 g fresh thyme (thyme);
• 30 g peppermint;
• 20 g garden savory;
• 50 ml olive oil;
• 30 ml lemon juice;
• 50 g brown sugar;
• salt to taste.

And the preparation is as follows:

1. Peel the tomatoes, transfer them to a saucepan and cook until a homogeneous liquid mass is obtained.
   
2. The greens are chopped with a sharp knife.
3. Add spices, herbs, finely chopped garlic to the tomato mass and cook for about 30 minutes.
4. Pour in olive oil and lemon juice and simmer for another 10-15 minutes.
5. For storage, the finished sauce is placed in sterile jars and sealed.

How to prepare tomato sauce for the winter in a slow cooker

The multicooker is very convenient to use for cooking tomato sauce, among other things. True, the consistency of such a sauce turns out to be quite liquid, but it retains more useful substances.

You need to prepare the following products:

• 2 kg of tomatoes;
• 1 onion;
• 3 garlic cloves;
• ½ teaspoon each of dry basil and oregano;
• 3 g ground black pepper;
• 20 g sea salt;
• 30 g granulated sugar;
• 8 g citric acid.

And cooking in a slow cooker is, as always, easy.

1. Tomatoes are cut into pieces of any convenient shape and size.
2. Peel the onion and garlic and chop it as finely as possible.
3. Place all the chopped vegetables, spices, salt and sugar into the multicooker bowl and mix well.
4. Set the “quenching” program for 1 hour 30 minutes.
5. During the manufacturing process, remove the lid several times and mix the contents.
6. After cooling, if desired, strain the sauce through a sieve.
7. To preserve it in winter, tomato sauce is poured into 0.5 liter jars, sterilized in boiling water for about 15 minutes and rolled up.

Rules for storing homemade tomato sauce

Sealed jars of tomato sauce can be stored under normal room conditions. The average shelf life is 1 year. In a cellar they can be stored for up to three years.

Conclusion

Tomato sauce for the winter can be prepared in a variety of ways. Everyone can choose a recipe for themselves according to their taste and capabilities.

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