Harvest Marinara Recipe - Crockpot to Freezer
This fresh, simple and flavorful marinara sauce recipe will fill your home with an amazing aroma and then fill your freezer with sauce too! This recipe is very flexible add or subtract ingredient according to your personal taste.
Servings: 6 +Cups
Ingredients
- 1 Large onion chopped
- 1 bell pepper chopped
- 1 cup sliced mushrooms
- 1 small can tomato paste
- 4-8 cups cored and chopped tomatoes
- 1-2 tsp. salt
- 12-24 fresh basil leaves chopped
- 1-2 tsp. sugar
- 4-8 chopped garlic cloves
- 3/4 cup shredded fresh Parmesan cheese opt
- 1/4 cup olive oil.
- 1-2 tsp. oregano
- 1-2 T. Worcestershire sauce opt
- 1-2 T dried parsley
- 1-2 tsp. Italian herb mix
Instructions
- Place onion, bell pepper and mushrooms in slow cooker.
- Add tomatoes to fill Crockpot to just under the rim.
- Top vegetables with tomato paste, garlic, sugar, salt , spices, olive oil and Worcestershire.
- Cook on high for 4-5 hours. (Stirring after 2 hours)
- In 2 cup batches, pulse in blender to desired smoothness. (Probably no more than 30 seconds per batch.)
- Pour sauce back into Crockpot and add Parmesan, if using.
- Allow sauce to continue cooking for 1-3 more hours.
- Fill 2 cup freezer containers with sauce and allow to cool on counter for 20 minutes before placing freezer for later use.