A cool weekend upped my productivity in the kitchen. I picked all the ripe roma tomatoes to make a big batch of spaghetti sauce. There are still loads of green ones, and weather permitting I’ll get a chance to make more before the fall rains.
I added fresh garlic, oregano and basil from our garden so we’re sure to have delicious dinners this winter. 
I simmered it for hours to cook it down, down, down until it was rich and thick. I canned it all in much smaller (1/2 pint) jars and then continued to cook the remainder until it was thick enough for pizza sauce. I canned this intense sauce into very small weck jars and I can’t wait to use it on my homemade pies. Cooking down yields much smaller batches but it’s well worth the full flavored results. It was lots of work and the kitchen was a steamy mess but there’s something quite satisfying in preparing food for the coming winter months…especially after the kitchen is cleaned up and back to normal.
Enjoy your week!
Your canned tomato sauce looks beautiful! What a great project. You will be having many delicious meals this winter.
Posted by: sunday taylor | 09/11/2012 at 07:51 AM