farm stand tomato sauce
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the beauty of this recipe is that you can put a bounty of peeled and quartered fresh whole tomatoes into the slow cooker with a few other ingredients, walk away for a few hours and after a brief stovetop simmer to eliminate extra liquid, you end up with a brightly flavored tomato sauce.Source unknown
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Ingredients For farm stand tomato sauce
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two onions, minced
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1/4 cup tomato paste
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2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, plus extra as needed
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six garlic cloves, minced
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1 tablespoon minced fresh oregano or 1 teaspoon dried
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1/2 cup dry red wine
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1/4 cup minute tapioca
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two bay leaves
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7 pounds tomatoes, about 14 large
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1/4 cup minced fresh basil
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salt and pepper
How To Make farm stand tomato sauce
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1microwave onions, tomato paste, oil, garlic, and oregano in a bowl, stirring occasionally, until onions are softened, about five minutes; transfer to slow cooker. Stir wine, tapioca, and Bay leaves into slow cooker.
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2Core and peel tomatoes and transfer to slow cooker. Cover and cook until tomatoes are very soft and beginning to disintegrate, 9 to 11 hours on low or 4 -- 7 hours on high.
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3Discard bay leaves. Mash tomatoes until mostly smooth with potato masher. Transfer sauce mixture to large Dutch oven and simmer over medium-high heat until thickened, about 20 minutes
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4before serving, stir in basil and season with salt, pepper, and additional extra virgin olive oil to taste.
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