You’ll need them! Having plenty of rags at arms reach is vital as well for spills and leakage. The Victorio is wonderful but it will leak. You want to be prepared for the worst!
Still, don’t throw the whole tomato away. Just cut off the icky spots to compost later.
I love how I can still use the tomatoes with blossom end rot for sauce.
True Fact! I smell each and every tomato quarter or half to make sure it doesn’t have a rotten or unpleasant smell to it.
If I get a whiff of anything icky, I immediately send it to the compost bowl. You don’t want to taint the sauce. Even the smallest bit can ruin a whole bowl of sauce with a yucky flavor.
The orange bowl is waiting for all that yummy puree to flow down.
The blue bowl is catching all the seeds and pulp.
The red bowl is the pulp that is still liquidy and therefore needs a second run-through.
Since I am low on tomatoes this year, I decided that after I ran the tomatoes through once I would dump all the pulp back in and run it through again.
You’d be surprised how much extra puree I got from doing this! In fact, if I weren’t so tired, I’d give it a third try.
*Note*: the second run-through does make the machine leak a bit and you’ll have more mess to deal with if you try this at home.
But wait till you taste the sauce. It’s totally worth it. Fresh, delicious, organic and sweet. But not too sweet.
No sugar added or needed.
Now I have two pots but pretty soon I’ll dump the one into the other.
I plan on making this sauce very thick this year so I will boiling it down for many hours. The smell wafting through my house is amazing.
I know canning is popular but I can’t bring myself to deal with the sterilization process. When the sauce looks and tastes about right, I ladle it into Ziploc bags in usable portions and simply freeze it.
You can season it now to your liking, but I prefer to wait until I defrost it to season.
This way I can throw fresh ingredients in like basil, garlic, oregano, Parm cheese and other Italian seasonings.
Sometimes I even add mushrooms and onions, but not usually as I find it detracts from the amazing fresh flavor!
Lots of good information
I love homemade tomato sauce, and it is so easy to make!
Tomatoes are so versatile. I have several ways they make great eating.
Red sauce is my favorite! Thanks so much for the valuable information.
Tomatoe lover here red sauces are a great addition to all kinds of dishes thanks
red sauce is so rewarding very worth the effort
I like red sauce and make my own. I do use canned tomato sauce, but season it myself.
My daughter loves raising her own tomatoes and making her own sauce. I’m passing this along to her.
I am hoping next year I will be able to plant some raised bed gardens to grow my romas so I can too can my own sauce. Thank you for sharing.
ty for all the information
It would be awsome to win the owl is super cute
Yumm, thanks.
We love fresh red sauces, making a number of batches with our homegrown Romas over this past month of harvesting. While past peak production, we are still harvesting enough Romas to top off sandwiches.
fresh is always best
sounds yummy thank you!
All I can say is yum.
I love fresh sauce! Good tips to try!
Love tomatoes and I love this article on making sauces
Being Italian I always look for new sauce recipes thanks
my son just made me some, freezing to add to soups
I LOVE TOMATOES PERIOD,LOVE THE RED SAUCE,HAVE NEVER MADE MY OWN!!!
We love pasta sauce, thanks for the info how to make it.
My mom made the best fresh tomato gravy!
this looks so neat and fun to do
Looks fun!
Thank you!! I’ve never made sauce from scratch and I’d like to try my hand at it.
Thanks for the wonderful post. I love fresh tomatoes from the garden.
looks and sounds delicious
Just adore fresh homegrown tomatoes with salt & pepper ❣️
My husband and I would do this every year for many years. I would cut up the tomatoes and he would turn the crank. Good times…..
I used to make my own Red sauce when I was raising my kids but now my 2nd hubby doesn’t like it so I rarely make it or use it.
Delish! Love red sauces and thankfully the family does too! These are great tips. Thanks for sharing:)
My tomato crop did well this year. Thanks for the tips!
This blog is inspiring. I’d like to try to make my own sauce but my first challenge is growing the tomatoes.
I grew up canning tomatoes with my grandmother and sister, great memories.
I almost always, make my own. Tastes better, and fresher. Make enough, to freeze for later.
Love red sauce!
Thanks for the info,
I love tomatoes. Thank you for the information
It doesn’t get any better than fresh, homemade tomato sauce. Angel hair with meat sauce made with fresh tomato sauce is one of my favorite things in the world.
Thanks for the info! I want one of those gadgets!
I just got out my Squeezo to process my Roma tomatoes! Will be canning pizza sauce with them! Thanks!