Reviewed: Sep. 21, 2011

The sauce is good, but there is NO way any of the cook times are right. Prep time is farthest off, and I cooked mine for 45min-1hr to make it thicken. I must say though, it was worth every minute.

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Katie

Reviewed: Sep. 4, 2011

I'm not sure what happened, but my sauce was very thin and with all the vegetables it was more like a salsa. The taste was good, but I will use the leftovers to dip my chips in.

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debschmitt

Reviewed: Jan. 7, 2011

I let this stay on the heat longer than 20 minutes and it thickened the sauce...so very good and lots of flavor

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Emily

Cooking Level: Beginning

Living In: Manassas, Virginia, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 21, 2010

I thought this was pretty good, but I did add a tablespoon of oregano and tomato paste. Also I put a little less onion. I'll try blending it next time, as it didn't cook down. I think I'll also try adding basil to it. I put it on top of sliced eggplant and stuck it in the oven for 15 minutes at 450 which was very good with Parmesan on top. I think it's a versatile and good recipe, thanks.

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SONVAZ

Reviewed: Sep. 15, 2010

I changed a lot about this recipe. First I took 3lbs of fresh garden tomatoes and halved them, coated them with olive oil and sprinkled them with dried orageno. I roasted them in the oven at 400 degrees for 45 min. I sauteed 5-6 cloves garlic, 2 onions, and 1 green pepper until fragrant and translucent in a big sauce pan. I then added 1 1/2 c fresh basil, 2-3 tsp oregano, and 2-3 tsp fresh rosemary. I sauteed that for another min. Then I placed the roasted tomatoes and all the juices in the sauce pan and simmered for 2 hours. When the tomatoes broke down I added approx. 1 cup of vodka. Simmered for another 1/2 hour and then I pureed the sauce. I added a few sprinkles of dried oregano and parsley while the sauce was cooking.

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marie

Reviewed: Sep. 1, 2010

This is a good basic recipe. I didn't use the olive oil, green peppers or the onions but added fresh hot peppers and grated zucchini. I skipped the wine too. Now that you mention it, did I even really make the same dish?? However, if you would like the general idea of a fresh tomatoes sauce, this is a good starting place. Then just change it up to match your taste/what is in the fridge. The sauce is indeed runny/watery, but that did not bother me.

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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Aug. 6, 2010

I agree this recipe is more of a vague idea than a real recipe. Also, you'd have to be pretty skilled to mince 6 tomatoes, 3 onions, 2 peppers and 4 cloves of garlic all in 5 minutes! Right.. Prep alone took 25 min. A nice way to use up summer produce. I added a sprig of rosemary in at the beginning, pureed a bit with a hand blender (after cooking more like 40 minutes) and then added a big handful of fresh chopped basil and parsley at the end. Simple and tasty if you have good fresh ingredients.

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JSDPA

Reviewed: Jul. 24, 2010

Don't be afraid to add a little paste and by all means don't use just the fillet!! If you grow your own tomatoes you understand why! Cook it down a little with a lid (about an hour) I start out with a liberal amount of oil, saute lots of chopped garlic and some onion, then add tomatoes, red wine, paste, salt, pepper, a touch of honey if needed and at the very end add fresh basil...

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JERMAC19

Reviewed: Feb. 17, 2010

I had no idea what to make for my sister and brother, I googled homemade tomato sauce and here I am it tastes amazing!

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96dani96

Reviewed: Sep. 29, 2009

this was a great base recipe. i had an abundance of grape tomatoes and this was one recipe that gave me ideas on what to do with them, since i was not interested in peeling such little things! i threw in a few roma & cherry tomatoes that i had too. blended in the blender after cooked in some olive oil for about 10 mins. eyeballed my own fresh spices/garlic/onion by taste. if you can work on the fly, you can make this sauce to your own family's tastes. mine was not runny at all, in fact i added some broth to make it less thick. thanks for the inspiration!

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