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4.8 from 79 reviews

Roasted Cherry Tomato Sauce

40 minutes
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By: Pamela Reed
Posted:7/25/19
Updated:4/23/25
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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

The Best 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. If you’re as obsessed as I am, you’ll definitely want to check out my Slow Cooker Cherry Tomato Sauce and Pickled Cherry Tomatoes too — more tomato goodness for your kitchen!

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. And if you’re looking for a sauce made with bigger tomatoes, you’ll love my Roma Tomato Sauce — it’s another easy family favorite!

This homemade sauce doesn’t require you to simmer over the stove for 2 hours. 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.

Summer bookmarking! Need more tomato recipes – I have so many for you! Try my classic Stewed Tomatoes and Diced Tomatoes next.

How to Make Cherry Tomato Sauce

Gather your cherry tomatoes. Take the stems off and then wash them.

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.

Note: If you’d like to, you can sub 1/4 cup fresh chopped onion instead of onion powder.

onion powder being sprinkled over cherry tomatoes

Also add a clove of garlic. No need to mince it, the food processor will do the work for you at the end.

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!

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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!
By: Pamela Reed
Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 35 minutes minutes
Total Time 40 minutes minutes
serves 3 cups

Ingredients

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

Instructions

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

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Nutrition Information:

Calories: 75kcal (4%)
Course: Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine: American, Italian
Diet: Vegan, Vegetarian
Keyword: Cherry Tomato Sauce
Summer
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