Roma Tomato Sauce recipe that requires no peeling or blanching! This is a easy creamy sauce that’s perfect for growing garden tomatoes! Serve on pasta, or use later by canning or freezing.
It’s August so you know what that means, right? Our tomato plants are giving us pounds of tomatoes to pick every day! Usually I collect the week’s tomatoes and spend hours in the kitchen on the weekend making sauces (sweet and spicy and slow cooker), diced tomatoes, and stewed tomatoes. And of course Fresh Tomato Salsa – what would be a August be without salsa?
My go to favorite homemade tomato sauce is Cherry Tomato Sauce, but this year we only grew Roma tomatoes so I wanted to create a recipe that was 1) easy 2) delicious 3) let the roma tomato taste shine! Let me introduce you to Homemade Roma Tomato Sauce!
How to Make Tomato Sauce Video
Fresh Tomato Sauce
Let’s talk about easy this homemade sauce is. I have amazing news for you. Are you ready?
First, you use fresh tomatoes.
Second… are you really ready for this?
You don’t need to blanch or peel your tomatoes for this tomato sauce! Seriously! High 5!
I really wanted to make a easy sauce. During the Summer, I want to limit my time spent stirring sauces over the hot stove and instead chase my little one around with water balloons. This sauce is simple and doesn’t require any fancy blanching or peeling techniques. We’re just going to use the tomatoes whole. Trust me on this one.
What type of tomatoes should I use for tomato sauce?
Quick answer to a commonly asked question. Do I need to use roma tomatoes? No, you can use any type of tomato you want. You might need to boil them for longer depending on their water content, but any type of tomato will work!
How to Make Tomato Sauce for Pasta
Cut up your tomatoes into about 1-2 inch pieces and add to a large pot. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Depending on how many tomatoes I have, I will double or triple the batch to make it all at once.
Bring your tomatoes to a boil and watch how they will break down. You can see your tomatoes are already starting to turn into a sauce!
You can see how the peels of the tomatoes started coming off the tomatoes naturally due to the hot temperature. By the way, the tomatoes taste amazing already!
Now mince some garlic.
And measure out your olive oil. By the way, can I just say how good of a deal it is to buy olive oil in a bulk container if you use it often? Olive oil is a must have for our Summer vegetables! We save so much money buying it this way!
Add your olive oil to the pot and grab your immersion blender. It’s another must have item for Summer because it also makes the best tomato soup (recipe coming soon!)! If you don’t have a immersion blender you can transfer to a blender or food processor, but be careful because it’s very hot!
Now give it a few seconds of the immersion blender, and blend until your desired sauce thickness.
I like a sauce that’s slightly chunky but yet still smooth. Does that make sense? I don’t think so, but here’s what my sauce looks like!
PERFECT, right?
You can serve the sauce immediately (on some good pasta!) or store in the refrigerator for a few days. I always make at least one jar to store in the refrigerator to serve for dinner soon.
This sauce is so delicious! I love how the taste of the Roma Tomatoes really shines through!
Alternatively you can also freeze the sauce for later usage (like in a few months!). I always have bags (and bags) of tomato sauce in my freezer so I make quite a number of these. Is there anything better than fresh garden tomato sauce when it’s snowing in January?
This is now my official favorite tomato sauce to make with roma tomatoes!
Now time to go pick some tomatoes and get making sauce! Enjoy this Roma Tomato Sauce everyone!
PS. Have too many? Here’s how to freeze tomatoes.
Tomato Sauce Pinterest Recipe:
Roma Tomato Sauce
PrintIngredients
- 5 pounds tomatoes cut into 1-2 inch pieces
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 1/4 cup olive oil
Instructions
- Add tomatoes to a large pot. Add salt and pepper and stir. Bring tomatoes to a boil over medium high heat. Boil for 20 minutes. The tomatoes will start to break down and more liquid will form.
- Add garlic and olive oil to the pot and stir. Use immersion blender on low and blend until desired sauce thickness.
- Serve immediately or store in the refrigerator to use in a few days.
- Alternatively you can freeze in freezer bags to use for later months.
Katrina says
This recipe is a keeper. Thank you 😊
Pamela Reed says
So happy to hear you liked the tomato sauce! Thanks for stopping by Katrina!
Paula says
This is SO easy and delicious!! I didn’t change a thing in your recipe!! Thanks for sharing!!
Penny says
Did I miss something? Where are the directions for canning?
Joi says
I LOVE this recipe. I added onion & celery & Italian seasoning. My process was I siphoned off 2 cups of tom juice per batch with my canner/juicer, then pulverized the pulp in my VitaMix, then added the salt, pepper & olive oil, then simmered. I found that adding the O.O. right at the start of simmering created less tendency to stick.
Awesome recipe! It was a joy to hear the pint can lids do their seal pop111111
Nancy says
I’ve seen lots of people asking if you are able to can this sauce. I’d love to do this and our Roma tomatoes are ready right now! Can you answer please?
Adina says
Simple and simply delicious! Thanks for sharing!
Pamela Reed says
So happy you liked it, thanks for stopping by Adina! 🙂
Donatella Bennett says
Can you emulsify the tomatoes before you cook them?
Pamela Reed says
There’s no need to do that since you’re going to blend them later in the recipe.
Ashlee says
Love how easy this is! Can’t wait to try it. How do you process for canning? Water bath for 20 mins? Add lemon juice? Salt?
Sydnei says
I have never in my life made sauce of any kind and this year after starting a garden this recipe seemed perfect! It is so easy!
I added 3 cloves of garlic, a can of tomato paste and I ended up straining out the skins ( I just didn’t care of the texture). It tastes phenomenal!!!!
Cindy Redden says
Can you can it
Jack says
I made the 5LB recipe the other day now i”m doing a 15LB batch to can 😀
AbLee says
Jack, when you say ‘can’ did you water bath them?
Deb says
This recipe turned out so good. I did add about 4 cloves of garlic & some fresh basil & oregano. This will absolutely be my go to sauce
Rosemary Kline says
Just made three batches of this sauce. Going to freeze some and give some to my daughters. It’s delicious and oh so easy ! Followed recipe and just added some oregano, crushed red pepper, rosemary and a can of tomato paste to thicken a bit. Thank you so much ! A definite keeper !
Tarant says
quick easy and delish
Kyle says
Do you add water to the pot when you boil the tomatoes?
Pamela Reed says
No you don’t, the tomatoes will provide all the liquid that you need! 🙂
Kyle says
Thank you! Also, do you leave the skin from the tomatoes in the sauce?
Brandon says
This is a great recipe! Inused 2 cloves instead of 1. May never buy store bought sauce again.
Daniel Owens says
Do you need an immersion blender? Using this recipe for my final project for culinary
Debbie Stout says
I don’t have to use lemon juice for the acid content with this recipe?
Pamela says
No, you don’t need lemon juice for this recipe.
Jay says
Would you need lemon juice or salt if you plan on caning this sauce? Haven’t made this yet but sounds yummy
Robin says
Great, easy recipe, except a single clove of garlic? Nooo. More.
Pamela says
Glad you liked the sauce! Add as much garlic as you want! 🙂