Sauce Freezing Question
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Comments (5)Yesterday, Easter Sunday, two of our kids and their mates decided on the spur of the moment to come for the day and instead of a big holiday meal...we did a Sicilian Easter Dinner. I made my canner full of red sauce (Sunday Gravy as the old timers call it) and cooked meatballs, sausage, eggs, potato's, and 6 little thin sliced steaks in the sauce. Now obviously I knew 6 of us were not going to eat that much...but I was making extra for the freezer. I have lots and lots of tomatoes planted this year and I'm hoping for a bumper crop so I can can some too....See MoreMaking/freezing a base for tomato sauce
Comments (9)I made my first (ever!) batch of tomato sauce from garden tomatoes last night. I used my new KA attachment kit to process the tomatoes. I ran them through a second time to make sure I got all the good stuff. I was very happy with how this worked. It was easy to assemble, easy to use, and easy to clean up. I used Lunch Box determinate tomatoes, plus some Red Brandywines, Cherokee Purples and Japanese Black Trifeles- basically, all the ripe full size tomatoes that I had on the counter. I had close to six quarts raw, I didn't add anything to it, I just cooked it down to about 2.5 quarts. I divided it into 1 cup portions, put it in ziploc bags, laid them in a flat roasting pan, and then cooled them overnight. This morning, I put the roasting pan in my freezer. Tonight, I'll package them up in a larger bag using my foodsaver. Now I'm just sad that I may not have enough tomatoes for another batch of this size! Looking at what's left to ripen, I may be able to make about half this much in another week or so....See MoreTomato Sauce to Freeze for Winter
Comments (23)Here is the recipe I've been using for years. 1/2 C olive oil 4 medium onions diced 16 lbs tomatoes, peeled and diced 2 12 oz cans tomato paste 1/4 c sugar 1/4 c chopped parsley 2 tbs oregano leaves 2 tbs salt 2 tsp basil 3/4 tsp cracked pepper 2 bay leaves parmesan cheese Cook onions and garlic in oil until tender, add tomatoes and remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cook partially covered for 2 hours. I use fresh herbs from the garden and don't pay much attention to the quantity. So I probably put in more than the recipe calls for....See MoreCan I Freeze Yogurt Sauce?
Comments (9)If the sauce is used to cook the chicken in, then I would have no concerns about freezing the leftovers. I make various recipes that include a dairy based sauce of some variety - yogurt, sour cream, even heavy cream - and after cooking, the leftovers freeze perfectly well. Uncooked dairy may not freeze well (although I have no issues with cheeses or butter) but dairy used as a component of a cooked sauce freezes just fine. I find no deterioration of texture, splitting or separating or loss of flavor....See Moreweed30 St. Louis
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