Yia Yia's Fresh Tomato Sauce

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 5 lbs ripe tomatoes
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• salt & freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Recipe

• 1 wash & core the tomatoes.
• 2 place core side up on a cutting board and cut in half so that you have a core half and a bottom half. pick out all of the seeds from the tomatoes.
• 3 using a box grater, grate the cut sides of the tomatoes until you end up with only the skins. discard the skins.
• 4 preheat a large saucepan over medium high heat.
• 5 pour in the olive oil and garlic. stir for 1 minute.
• 6 add all the tomato pulp and bring to a simmer.
• 7 simmer 20-30 minutes to evaporate most of the tomato water.
• 8 season to taste with salt & freshly ground pepper.
• 9 optional: let cool completely. store in individual plastic containers & freeze excess.