Reviewed: Mar. 24, 2012

It only takes 10 seconds or so for tomatoes plunged in boiling water to remove the skins. Don't boil for one min. The ice water bath is recommended. I have been skinning tomatoes for years and 1 min. is way to long unless you want to cook them.

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William John

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Meridian, Mississippi, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 2, 2012

I have never made tomato sauce from scratch. I doubled the ingredients as my tomatoes were quite small. I made it per the recipe, but then added a 6 oz can of tomato paste, a little sea salt, sauteed ground beef and used an immersion blender to blend it all together. Definitely a keeper! :D

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EPICURIAN

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Islip, New York, USA

Living In: Lehigh Acres, Florida, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 13, 2011

Hearty and worth the effort. Multiplied the recipe by 4 times and it came out fantastic. The only thing I did different was add a 1/4 cup of fresh Parmesan per batch, wow this is great stuff.

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dbleskey

Reviewed: Nov. 13, 2011

I'm rather new in developing my cooking skills. This is my first time making a tomato sauce. At first, I was concerned that there was too much garlic and basil but however have learned that fresh basil is milder in taste and the garlic cooks down well to make a very good balance. I do think one should pay attention to the size of carrots selected. I was pleased with the results and would recomend this recipe, as is, to anyone.

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Skycop

Cooking Level: Beginning

Home Town: Brownsville, Oregon, USA

Living In: Creswell, Oregon, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 1, 2011

I see you use basil. I have sweet basil that I actually grow and use. But I am a male trying to cook good. Your recipe looks kinda country or like mom made.

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Rbj992

Cooking Level: Beginning

Living In: Monrovia, California, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 29, 2011

this sauce is awesome!

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f_ckyeahirock

Cooking Level: Beginning

Reviewed: Oct. 14, 2011

hmmmmm... this was not what i expected AT ALL.. i followed the recipe to a T.. except i substituted merlot. my hubby was not pleased w/this. he said it was too sweet & cinammon-y. he had to take over by adding practically every spice in the house, thinning it out w/ watter ( even though i insisted he used chicken stock) & smashing it w/ a bean/ potato masher. this was too thick, chuncky for pasta. it was like stewed tomatos texture. i will never make this again!

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belindalnv

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Rosemead, California, USA

Living In: Los Angeles, California, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 13, 2011

I thought this recipe was fantastic. It was definitely time consuming, but worth it if you can use tomatoes from your garden. I had one lone tomato that wasn't popping or starting to peel but my advice is to pull it anyway from the pot. When I finally pulled it, it was so mushy and gave me very little fruit out of it, that I was bummed b/c it was the largest tomato from the batch. I also have a bag of jalapeno powder from Hatch, NM. I added a pinch b/c it gives anything just a little pop when I am looking for flavor. :-)

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Necola

Reviewed: Oct. 3, 2011

turned out really good but i tripled the recipe and added lots of salt, garlic salt, extra Italian seasoning, a couple shakes of red pepper flakes and extra garlic. just be sure you DE-STRING THE CELERY!!! I didn't and keep finding celery strings in my sauce even after I took out all the celery and the bay leaves.

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jolley900

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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Dayton, Ohio, USA

Living In: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Reviewed: Sep. 19, 2011

The sauce tasted like carrots. I was pretty much like pouring V8 over spaghetti noodles. I followed the recipe to a T and it didnt turn out right. I had to cut it with store bought tomato sauce to make it better.

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