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FRANK ASHTON CLASSIC ITALIAN AND ADDITIONAL RECIPES: My name is Frank Ashton and I live in the Cleveland Ohio area. I was a high school art teacher for 33 years. I love painting,especially Impressionism; and traveling with my wife; but my other love is for cooking. Over the years I have probably cooked for some 20,000 people. This includes cooking free for many groups to raise funds for worthy causes. Most of my recipes are original from me and some from my mother or my wife Dottie. This has led me to decide to share my original recipes with others. This site has 110 recipes to date! My goal is to be able to give real recipes that really are excellent. One should not expect anything exotic; but I will guarantee they will impress anyone who loves to eat. FIRST GO TO GOOGLE AND PRINT IN THE WHITE BOX FRANK ASHTON ORIGINAL RECIPES AND CLICK ON THAT. Frank Ashton Original Recipes should come up. To print a recipe save it to favorites and then click on the recipe on favorites and you will then be able to print it. THERE ARE OVER 50 VEGETARIAN (MEAT FREE) RECIPES LOOK FOR THE ASTERISK * IN FRONT OF EACH RECIPE OR WORDS VEGETARIAN STYLE

Thursday, March 31, 2011

* ITALIAN TOMATO SAUCE FOR CANNING ASHTON STYLE (#39)

INDGREDIENTS:       (VEGETARIAN RECIPE)

     10 lbs of ripe tomatos
     3 cans of contadina tomato paste
     4 medium to large onions peeled and thin sliced
     1 bulb of garlic cloves peeled and crushed
     6 tab of dried basil
     4 tsp of salt
     4 tsp of ground pepper
     2/3 cup of virgin olive oil
     (optional: 2 cups of italian red wine)

DIRECTIOINS:
     1. tomatos do not have to be peeled but you can if you wish; cut each
         into 4 pieces
     2. using a large fry pan or if necessary a large soup pot, pour the virgin olive
         oil and turn heat on moderate flame
     3. fry onions in pan until nicely brown, then add the smashed garlic and fry
         an additional 5 or so minutes making sure you don't burn garlic
     4. add the basil, salt and pepper and stir about 10 minutes
     5. add 3 cans of tomato paste and keep stiring about 10 minutes;
         (at this time you can add the wine and stir in
     6. if your pan or pot is not large enough split s ingredients  into 2 or 3
         pans and then split the tomatos also into the pans and cook at moderate
         heat for about 1hr, stiring constantly so as not to burn
     7. transfer all into a large soup pot,using a defuser between the pot and the  
         burner, and continue cooking an additional hour until sauce is thick
    8.  use a pedistal hand blender (I call it a motor boat blender)
         blend sauce until it is smooth
    9.  using quart and pint jars, fill jars until just below rim and water bath all the
         sauce. (you should have about 8 to 10 qts in total; (these will keep  for at
         least a year)      

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