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Really Easy Roasted Tomato Sauce

May 1, 2013 · 31 Comments

Really Easy Roasted Tomato Sauce

 

Really Easy Roasted Tomato Sauce

My kids are a bit weird.

They have never been ‘tomato sauce kids’!  They are practically un-Australian, I know!

Lots of kids though do eat a lot of tomato sauce.

Once the tomatoes have been heavily processed and mixed in with a heap of additives, sugar, salt and questionable oils they can no longer really be called a vegetable!

Sure, you can make your own ‘proper’ tomato sauce and I have done (the thermomix makes it pretty easy). I just find sterilizing all those bottles a little time-consuming! Quirky Cooking has an ace recipe if you want to try it out.

Anyway, this is my quick version of tomato sauce. Make a small amount. Store it in the fridge. Use within four to five days or freeze. No need to sterilize bottles. But do give them a good wash in hot soapy water!

 

Really Easy Tomato Sauce

 

The slow roasting brings out the beautiful flavours and makes it sweet.

We use it alongside meats for added flavour but it also makes a great easy meal by throwing some over the top of some chicken and whacking it in the oven to bake.

You can also use it on pizza, tossed through pasta, as a dipping sauce…….  anything really!

It also tastes good with other veges added in like capsicum and zucchini, but keep the tomatoes as the main ingredient or it won’t be that nice red colour.

(We don’t want to freak the kids out tooooo much!)

 

Really Easy Roasted Tomato Sauce

 

Okay, so this is what you need:

Tomatoes (try to source some organic or pesticide free ones from a farmer’s market)

Red onion

Garlic

Balsamic vinegar

Olive oil

Fresh herbs ( I like basil but whatever you have is fine)

Tiny sprinkle of rapadura sugar (optional)

Tiny sprinkle of pink himalayan salt

Tiny sprinkle of cracked black pepper

I don’t have exact measurements – you really don’t need them.

 

Okay, so this is how you do it:

Give your tomatoes a good wash and halve them.

Cut the red onion into wedges.

Whack  in a baking dish with the garlic cloves (unpeeled).

Drizzle over the balsamic and olive oil.

Sprinkle with the sugar, salt and pepper.

Chuck into the oven on a low temperature – about 160°C for about  one hour.

Let it cool down a little.

Squeeze the garlic out of their skins.

Chuck everything into your thermomix/blender/food processor.

Chuck in your fresh herbs.

Whizz. Taste and check for seasonings.

Slurp it into a bottle or jar.

Keep in the fridge or freeze portions.

 

Really Easy Roasted Tomato Sauce

 

Do you like tomato sauce? Do your kids eat it?

 

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Comments

  1. Nay says

    May 1, 2013 at 5:26 pm

    This is a great recipe! It would be lovely over pasta. BTW sterilising bottle isn’t hard – put them through dishwasher or just wash in sink and put them in microwave for 1 min or stand in oven at 100 degrees while sauce is whizzing tmx. 😉

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    • Natural New Age Mum says

      May 1, 2013 at 5:28 pm

      Oh I didn’t realize that the dishwasher was enough!! I just freak out about handling them hot from the oven and getting the temp of the jar and the sauce right… have had a few crack on me!

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      • Nay says

        May 2, 2013 at 9:45 am

        Oh dear – never had any crack. If you pour straight from 100 degree tmx to 100 degree bottle frm oven should be ok :-/

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  2. Lou says

    May 1, 2013 at 5:29 pm

    Yummo – I LOVE roasted tomato sauce…. so much better than the store-bought crap…. so many uses too 🙂

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    • Natural New Age Mum says

      May 1, 2013 at 5:31 pm

      once you have home-made you never go back to shop stuff ! same with mayo!!

      Reply
  3. Natalie says

    May 1, 2013 at 6:31 pm

    Yum! I’m going to try this tomorrow. Looks delicious! I’d love your mayo recipe too. Thanks!

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    • Natural New Age Mum says

      May 1, 2013 at 6:56 pm

      Thanks Natalie – let me know how you go and if you like it !! My mayo recipes is on here – just search for mayonnaise! 🙂

      Reply
  4. Sherrie Turner says

    May 1, 2013 at 7:35 pm

    Hi Sonia

    Thank you for this great recipe, even I could manage this one 🙂

    I was lucky enough to be given a sample of homemade tomato sauce just last week – a new associate is making it. I’ve never been a fan of tomato sauce, but now that I have tried the real thing – wow! Who knew homemade tomato sauce tasted like… you guessed it! Tomatoes!

    Can I just have a little giggle,too, about the comments above. It is easily assumed that households have dishwashers and microwaves. I have neither a microwave, for health reasons, nor a dishwasher, for environmental reasons – an easy choice as we are childless so don’t have the huge amount of dishes most families have.

    (or a thermomix btw, but that is very high on the must have list!)

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    • Natural New Age Mum says

      May 1, 2013 at 7:39 pm

      My mum used to make it when we were kids… we didn’t full appreciate how good it was and how lucky we were! I would not survive without my dishwasher! We do so much cooking! But I never use the microwave anymore!

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      • Sherrie Turner says

        May 1, 2013 at 7:50 pm

        I totally get that, there are days when I won’t cook what I would really like to because I don’t want to face too many dishes 🙂

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    • Nay says

      May 2, 2013 at 9:56 am

      Microwaves do come in handy for wheat bags and sterilising bottles – but yes not everyone would choose to have one.

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      • Nay says

        May 2, 2013 at 9:58 am

        My emoticons didn’t come out – this comment is made with smiley faces. 🙂 🙂 🙂

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        • Sherrie Turner says

          May 2, 2013 at 10:26 am

          🙂 🙂 🙂

  5. Alisha says

    May 1, 2013 at 7:39 pm

    Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou! This is so weird, I have been looking for a homemade ‘mato sauce for ages as my passatta isn’t quite doing it for miss Arwen, I will be making this! xxxx

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    • Natural New Age Mum says

      May 1, 2013 at 9:04 pm

      it is yummy and tastes fresh unlike the bottled stuff !

      Reply
  6. Kristin says

    May 1, 2013 at 8:37 pm

    We are on our last bottle of home made sauce so this will come in handy, thank you x

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    • Natural New Age Mum says

      May 1, 2013 at 8:38 pm

      do you guys do the big Italian backyard bottling thing?

      Reply
  7. Cheryl Hoffman says

    May 2, 2013 at 1:08 am

    Do you think this would work with Apple Cider Vinegar instead of the Balsamic?
    Thanks 🙂

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    • Natural New Age Mum says

      May 2, 2013 at 10:17 am

      Yes, just do a tiny, tiny bit though or leave it out – balsamic has such a distinct flavour.

      Reply
  8. Sunshine Mumma - Mands says

    May 2, 2013 at 6:08 am

    That looks great. I am doing homemade pizzas tonight so will make that sauce to go on them mmmmmm

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    • Natural New Age Mum says

      May 2, 2013 at 10:16 am

      let me know what you think !

      Reply
  9. Rachel @ The Kids Are All Right says

    May 3, 2013 at 11:02 am

    We make a similar sauce from Stephanie Alexander’s Cook’s Companion – it goes with so many things. Great to make in bulk with boxes of tomatoes and freeze.

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    • Natural New Age Mum says

      May 3, 2013 at 12:04 pm

      Yes if you can get cheap tomatoes from the farmer’s markets, that’s the way to go!

      Reply
  10. Lara @ This Charming Mum says

    May 3, 2013 at 1:05 pm

    That looks great. I have a similar recipe I make just using tinned tomatoes, but I bet the roasting gives it a much richer flavour. Thanks for the suggestion 🙂

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    • Natural New Age Mum says

      May 3, 2013 at 1:11 pm

      yes and it tastes fresh if you get what I mean?

      Reply
  11. Casey says

    March 2, 2014 at 5:17 pm

    So you don’t remove pips or skin?

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    • Natural New Age Mum says

      March 3, 2014 at 12:31 pm

      No, I don’t – too much mucking around 🙂

      Reply

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