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Title: Garden-Fresh Tomato Sauce
Post by: hikerman on August 20, 2017, 02:31:55 PM
Most everything in today's sauce was grown in our garden. The only items not, was the can of paste, 1/2 lb of portobello shrooms, and dried bay leaf, oregano, and ancho pepper.
I started yesterday by cutting in half, about 25 tomatoes and 5 hot peppers, placed them in the pellet pooper set at 170 for several hours to catch a little smoke. After cooling they were all refrigerated and today the skins we're removed and everything got chopped up, plus a large onion, a small head of garlic, 2 carrots, and the portobellos. The carrots, onions and garlic were sauteed in a bit of veggie broth until slightly browned, then everything else got tossed in along with the fresh bail, rosemary, thyme, red peppers, oregano, ancho pepper, bay leaf, fresh parsley, paste and a little red vino. This will simmer a few hours to get happy together and later it may top some whole grain pasta or polenta when daughter #2 and one of our granddaughters get here.   Will update later today..... :thumbup:
Title: Re: Garden-Fresh Tomato Sauce
Post by: TMB on August 20, 2017, 03:45:53 PM
Nice looking sauce Gene.  Wished I had time for a garden
Title: Garden-Fresh Tomato Sauce
Post by: Pappymn on August 20, 2017, 04:34:39 PM
That's gonna be good


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Title: Re: Garden-Fresh Tomato Sauce
Post by: teesquare on August 20, 2017, 05:14:05 PM
That will make some fine tomato gravy!
Title: Re: Garden-Fresh Tomato Sauce
Post by: Roget on August 20, 2017, 06:19:54 PM
Beautiful.
I would love to have some of that.
Title: Re: Garden-Fresh Tomato Sauce *updated*
Post by: hikerman on August 20, 2017, 07:43:12 PM
Well we had some zucchini and yellow squash to use so roasted a zuke and 3 yellows and added to the sauce. Served over polenta, with a garden salad and a glass of Cabernet. Mighty fine Sunday meal!  ;D
Title: Re: Garden-Fresh Tomato Sauce
Post by: Smokerjunky on August 21, 2017, 11:42:09 AM
WOW - that looks fantastic.  Nothing quite like sauce from fresh tomatoes.
Title: Re: Garden-Fresh Tomato Sauce
Post by: sparky on August 21, 2017, 12:26:04 PM
Holly crap that looks good.   Nicely done brother.
Title: Re: Garden-Fresh Tomato Sauce
Post by: CDN Smoker on August 21, 2017, 04:10:59 PM
Outstanding