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Homemade Pasta Sauce

Makes 10-14
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Ingredients
  

  • 2 to 2.5 gallons tomato juice
  • 4-6 green peppers chopped fine or blended with some tomato juice
  • 8 to 10 small to medium onions chopped fine or blended with some tomato juice
  • 1-2 small hot peppers optional
  • 1 pint olive oil
  • 1.5 T dried basil or ½ cup chopped fresh basil
  • 1/2 T. garlic powder or 2 large cloves fresh chopped garlic sautéed in your olive oil
  • 4 whole dried bay leaves remove before canning
  • 1.5 T dried oregano or 1/2 cup fresh chopped oregano
  • 1 T. dried Italian seasoning
  • 1.5 T dried parsley or 1/2 cup fresh chopped parsley
  • 1/2 cup salt
  • 1 cup sugar more or less to your preference
  • 2-4 cups tomato paste optional

Instructions
 

  • For every 2 to 2.5 gallons of tomato juice add: green peppers, small to medium onions, small hot peppers (optional)
  • Pour tomato juice onion pepper mixture into a large heavy bottom stock pot and add: olive oil, dried basil or fresh basil, garlic powder or cloves, fresh chopped garlic sautéed in your olive oil, dried bay leaves (remove before canning), oregano or oregano, Italian seasoning, dried parsley or chopped parsley, salt, sugar (more or less to your preference), tomato paste (optional).
  • Simmer everything together until your preferred consistency is reached (1-4 hours) stirring often to prevent scorching (more tomato paste will help your sauce thicken faster)
  • Ladle into clean jars, add lids and rings. Hot water bath for 10 minutes.