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Roasted Cherry Tomato Sauce

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Posted:7/25/19
Updated:4/27/22
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ROASTED Cherry Tomato Sauce is sweet, creamy and SO EASY to make! This is the best recipe for growing garden tomatoes! You can serve immediately on pasta, can it or freeze it! Find out why thousands of people love this sauce!

spoon of cherry tomato sauce

My life has officially been taken over by tomatoes.   Is there anything else to talk about except tomatoes right now?    Tomato this, tomato that, do the tomato dance.

The Best Cherry Tomato Sauce

This is my absolute favorite cherry tomato sauce.  I’m a bit biased, but it’s been made by thousands of people, so trust those people and make it too!  Pretty much once you make it, you’ll come back to it time and time again!

This homemade sauce doesn’t require you to simmer over the stove for 2 hours.   I really love this creamy sauce over pasta, with lasagna and stuffed shells.  It’s also pretty fantastic to add to pizza as a creamy sauce.    

The key to this recipe is first we oven roast the tomatoes – oh yeah, baby.  Then after that we throw them in a food processor with some fresh basil and season them.  Then it’s made!  It’s that easy.  

Update: This recipe is now available as a slow cooker tomato sauce recipe too!

Recipe Video

I made this video to show you how to make this recipe. 🙂

Tomato Sauce Ingredients

  1. cherry tomatoes
  2. onion powder
  3. basil
  4. garlic powder
  5. salt and pepper

How to Make Cherry Tomato Sauce

Gather your tomatoes, make sure to take the stems off.

Put them in a pan, single layer.  I was making a few batches so I had multiple pans.

2 roasting pans filled with cherry tomatoes

Drizzle your olive oil over the tomatoes.  Take a picture and completely miss the olive oil coming out of the bottle. Oops.

olive oil being poured on cherry tomatoes

Sprinkle your onion powder over the tomatoes.  Take a picture and completely miss the onion powder being sprinkled.  Oops.

onion powder being sprinkled over cherry tomatoes

Bake for 35 minutes until your tomatoes are all wrinkly and bursting.

pan of cherry tomatoes looking wrinkly and roasted

Let them cool for a few minutes,  then put them in the food processor with your other ingredients.  Give it a few pulses until creamy, it doesn’t take more than that!

cherry tomatoes and basil in food processor

And you are left with some creamy, amazing smelling cherry tomato sauce!

food processor with homemade cherry tomato sauce in it

This makes 3 cups of sauce.  Feel free to use immediately after, put in the fridge for tomorrow, or freeze (in a freezer bag) for a few months later.

freezer bags of cherry tomato sauce in freezer

How to Freeze Tomato Sauce

Once the sauce cools down, add the sauce into freezer bags. I like to separate each bag into 2-3 cups of sauce, knowing that’s how much I’ll need fora recipe. 

Whenever I freeze sauce, puree, diced/stewed tomatoes, I always put in a freezer bag and lay flat while pressing it out, so it’s as thin as possible.  Then once it’s frozen, I stand it up.  This saves space and lets you have a better organized freezer.

To deforst, place in the refrigator the night before.  Alternatively you could defrost it in the microwave in a few minutes. 

plate of pasta with cherry tomato sauce on it


I hope you enjoy this Roasted Creamy Cherry Tomato Sauce – it’s one of my favorite Summer recipes! If you’re looking to add a kick, check out my Spicy Tomato Sauce with added in jalapeño peppers.

Need more Tomato Recipes?

Stewed Tomatoes
Diced Tomatoes
Whole Peeled Tomatoes
Tomato Pie
Freezing Tomatoes For Year-Round Use
Slow Cooker Cherry Tomatoes 
Sun-dried Tomatoes
100 Cherry Tomato Recipes

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Roasted Cherry Tomato Sauce is sweet, creamy and SO EASY to make! This is the best recipe for growing garden tomatoes! You can serve immediately on pasta, can it or freeze it! Find out why thousands of people love this sauce!
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 35 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
serves 3 cups

Ingredients

  • 4 cups cherry tomatoes stems removed
  • 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1/3 cup fresh basil
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
  • salt + pepper to taste

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
  • Spread tomatoes single layer in a pan. Drizzle with olive oil. Sprinkle with your onion powder.
  • Bake for 35 minutes, your tomatoes should be wrinkly.
  • Let cool for a few minutes, then put tomatoes in food processor. Add fresh basil, garlic powder and salt + pepper to taste in food processor.
  • Blend to smooth and creamy. Enjoy!

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Nutrition Information:

Calories: 75kcal (4%)
Course:Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine:American
Keyword:Cherry Tomato Sauce
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  1. Karen says

    December 5, 2022 at 7:36 am

    Do you leave the skins on? If you canned this also what did you do for that?

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    • Pamela says

      December 5, 2022 at 10:23 am

      Yes, leave the skins on! No need for any extra work! 🙂 Many people have canned this recipe, check out the couple pages of comments for details! Personally, I love freezing this sauce!

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  2. Pat Garska says

    September 17, 2022 at 9:28 pm

    My husband made pizza with this sauce and loved it. I roasted pear shaped yellow cherry tomatoes in the toaster oven. He loved it, and is going to make spaghetti next, with vegan meatballs. Thanks for this recipe.

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