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Preserving Food---Pizza Sauce to can, THM FP, DF, SF, GF

Cuisine Italian
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 13 hours
Servings 20 pints
Author Glenda Groff

Ingredients

  • 12 quarts tomato juice approximately 45 pounds
  • 1/4 cup butter (olive oil for dairy -free)
  • 4 large onions
  • 2 green peppers
  • 5 garlic cloves
  • 2 jalapenos
  • 2 cups apple cider vinegar
  • 4 teaspoons paprika I used Smoked Paprika
  • 5 tablespoons basil
  • 5 bay leaves
  • 2 teaspoons black pepper
  • 1/2 cup salt
  • 5 tablespoons oregano
  • 2 teaspoons red pepper
  • 6 cups tomato paste

Instructions

  1. In a large stock pot, add 10 quarts of tomato juice and butter. In a blender jar pour 2 cups of tomato juice. Add 2 onions. Pulse unto the onions are finely chopped. Add to the juice in the stockpot. Repeat with the remaining juice, onions, peppers, and garlic. Simmer one hour. Add vinegar, and spices. Simmer until thickened. Whisk in tomato paste. Fill pint jars within one inch of the top of the jar. Wipe the rim of the jar clean. Add lids and rings. Place into a Waterbath canner with water covering the jars by one inch. Bring the water in the canner to a boil. Simmer for 20 minutes. Remove jars from canner and allow to cool for 24 hours. Remove rings and check for seal. 20 pints