Homemade Tomato Sauce - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 gal. tomatoes
6 cloves garlic
6 medium onions, chopped
1 c. chopped parsley
1/2 c. brown sugar
1/4 c. salt
3 Tbsp. oregano leaves
2 Tbsp. basil
1 tsp. pepper

Preparation

Cut tomatoes into large chunks; put in kettle.
Cook 15 to 30 minutes until tomatoes are soft, stirring constantly.
Fill blender 3/4 full with cooked tomatoes.
Cover blender.
Blend at high speed until tomatoes are very juicy.
Then into large bowl, press tomatoes through coarse sieve, discard seeds and skin. Return sieved tomatoes to same pot.
Put in crushed garlic and add remaining food ingredients.
Over high heat, heat tomato mixture to boiling.
Reduce heat to medium.
Cook, uncovered, 4 hours or until sauce reaches consistency, stirring occasionally.
Put in processed jars.
Process boiling water bath 10 minutes for pints, 15 minutes for quarts.
Makes 10 pints or 5 quarts.