This roasted tomato sauce is perfect with fresh tomatoes from your garden. It is so delicious you won’t buy jar sauce again and best of all it’s easy!
For more fresh tomato recipes try my tomato bacon jam or bruschetta salad!
So today I had 4 nice vine tomatoes just hanging out on my kitchen counter. When suddenly I remembered a cooking show I saw recently at the gym. (Yes I know watching cooking shows while working out is rather ridiculous.) Anyway, I remember it seemed simple and it looked delicious so I decided to just make my own version. Let me tell you this will be a regular at my house…especially when summer comes and we are bombarded with fresh tomatoes.
How I make roasted tomato sauce from fresh tomatoes
First you need a few ripe tomatoes. This is great when you are bombarded with fresh tomatoes from the garden but you can also use tomatoes from the store.
Quarter these and add to a baking dish. Drizzle with olive oil. Add a few cloves of garlic, salt, pepper and Italian seasonings and you are good to go.
Roast them in a 375 degree oven for about an hour and they should look like this.
Next you mash them a bit with a potato masher and voila! You have roasted tomato sauce. Serve with pasta, other veggies, on a sandwich or just with a piece of bread. It really is simple and delicious!!!
Roasted tomato sauce
I hope you give this a try because it really is delicious and the perfect way to enjoy fresh garden tomatoes. For more delicious tomato recipes check out these recipes!
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- Bloody Mary Infused Vodka
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- Bruschetta Salad with Grilled Chicken
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- Tomatoes Stuffed with Curried Chicken Salad
Roasted Tomato Sauce
This roasted tomato sauce is perfect with fresh tomatoes from your garden. It is so delicious you won't buy jar sauce again and best of all it's easy!
Ingredients
- 4 tomatoes, washed and quartered
- 3 cloves garlic whole
- 3 Tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
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Quarter tomatoes and toss with olive oil, garlic cloves, salt and pepper and seasoning in an 8x8 baking dish.
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Roast in a 375 degree oven for 1 hour. Check towards the end to make sure they are roasting and not burning.
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Take out of oven and mash with a potato masher. Enjoy!
Lisa
This is a great recipe for the “not so perfect” tomatoes at the market at a reduced price : )
I actually put mine in my vitamix so the skins and seeds would be more incorporated. Smoother texture but still nice and thick.
Denise
I love my vitamix! Great idea!
Andrea
Hi, I wanted to ask if I could use this as a sauce for pizza too?
Denise
Hi Andrea, I don’t see why not. I might not be smooth enough but you could use a hand blender or something and make it smoother. Good luck and I hope you like it!
B
I tried this last year and loved it! This year I have so many more tomatoes I will be putting this recipe on repeat!
Denise
So glad you liked it! It’s very simple but so tasty with fresh tomatoes.
Brenda
I had a lot of small tomatoes and dreaded peeling them to make tomato sauce. I saw this recipe, read the reviews, and thought I’d give it a try. It is amazing! The house smells delicious and this is my go to recipe for tomato sauce every time!
Denise
Hi Brenda, the smell is the best isn’t it!
Lisa
Supper dooper yummy
Denise
Glad you liked it!
Sarah
Making this a second time. This time a 6x batch with my surplus of garden tomatoes. Excited for the house to smell like tomatoes for a couple hours.
Denise
So glad you like it Sarah! I wish we had that many tomatoes in our garden as they have been so tasty this year. However we haven’t gotten many. Enjoy!
Kathy
Sarah
How did you save your sauce? Did you can it or just refrigerate it. This sounds so easy, but I have so many tomatoes I’m not sure how to preserve it.
Thanks for any help you can give me
Denise
Kathy, I send the response below to one of the other readers and thought it might help you just in case Sarah doesn’t see your post.
“Here is an article about adding some lemon juice for canning purposes. Hope this helps! If you find canning won’t work I don’t see why you couldn’t freeze it. https://www.thespruceeats.com/how-to-can-tomato-sauce-2216507“
Kammi
Hi, so I have a ton of fresh tomatoes and I would love to try this recipe however my tomatoes have pretty tough skin. Should I remove the tough skins before proceeding with this recipe? Also, can I use any variety. I have cherry, early girls, and beef steak.
Denise
Hi Kammi, I think you can use any variety you want. If they are really tough then you might want to take off the skins, however the tomatoes might just turn to mush and stick. Could you roast them with the skins on and see if you can peel them off before you mash them? That way you can keep them in tact and they might come off easily. Or you can just peel off the ones that seem hard.
Sorry I’m not more help. Hope it turns out for you!
Kaye
I had my doubts , and tried it anyway and I am so glad I did fantastic absolutely fantastic thanks
Denise
So glad you liked it Kaye! Thanks for coming back to rate and comment….I really appreciate it!
Vivianna
This recipe is so easy and delicious! It makes the entire house smell so yummy. I double/triple the recipe because it goes so quick. It is worth a try and you don’t be disappointed. Thank you for the recipe (:
Denise
HI Vivianna, so glad you liked it! Thanks for coming back to comment…. I really appreciate it!
Glenda
Can you can this be canned? What might need to be adjusted?
Denise
Hi Glenda, I am not much of a canning expert. Here is an article about adding some lemon juice for canning purposes. Hope this helps! If you find canning won’t work I don’t see why you couldn’t freeze it. https://www.thespruceeats.com/how-to-can-tomato-sauce-2216507
Bryant Hayward
Making this now. Had a flat of tomatoes that need to be used up (some were starting to go bad), and what better way! They are in the oven now, and looking forward to the scent as they roast, and the taste. I used quite a bit more “Italian” herbs, and some crushed red pepper, because I like a strong, slightly spicy, sauce. Will add some fresh basil near the end as well. Can’t wait!!
Thanks for sharing…
Denise
Hi Bryant, I hope you like it! I love fresh tomatoes at this time of year.
LAM77
It is absolutely delicious and so easy to do! Added crumbled bacon and Parmesan on top of the roasted tomatoes! Roasted it at 375 on bake convect and it only took 15 minutes! This will be my new favorite!
Denise
Hi,
The bacon and parmesan sound delicious! So glad you liked it.
LAM77
I just made this! It is absolutely delicious and so easy to do! Added crumbled bacon and Parmesan on top of the roasted tomatoes! Roasted it at 375 on bake convect and it only took 15 minutes! This will be my new favorite!
Patti
I have this in the oven right now, it perfumed my house to smell like the best Italian kitchen. Can’t wait for dinner.
Denise
Hi Patti, I hope you like it! There is nothing better than the smell of garlic and tomatoes. 🙂
Sharon
What about the skins? Can this be canned?
Denise
Hi Sharon, you can see the skins in the photo. They were not off-putting to us. And I don’t see why you couldn’t can this. Hope that was a little help.
Misty Slater
For some reason the link to your Bloody Mary infused Vodka, is misspelled. It’s showing up as “Bloddy”.
Denise
Hi Misty,
Thanks for pointing that out! I’ve fixed it.
Lynn Gareau
This is my 2nd time making this.
Made a double batch both times.
Very excited to be making my own pasta sauce.
Thank you for this recipe. 👍
Denise
Hi Lynn,
So glad you like it. It’s so easy isn’t it? Thanks for coming back and commenting. I appreciate it!
Lindsey
I also watch cooking shows on the treadmill. What better motivation to keep going than seeing what that calorie deficit might earn you? “20 more minutes and I can eat some ice cream!”
Denise
Haha You understand me Lindsey!
Susan
I’ve made a similar recipe. I’ve roasted poblano peppers, tomatoes, onion and garlic together. Great for chili.
Denise
That sounds great!
Meg
Can this be frozen?
Denise
Hi Meg,
I don’t see why this can’t be frozen. I have never done that but I freeze a lot of things and I can’t think of a reason why it wouldn’t work.
Hope that helps!
Liz
I made this recipe this week and it is fantastic. Roasting really makes tomatoes shine. Thanks for a very simple and delicious way to use up summer tomatoes. I’m making more today for the freezer!
Denise
Thanks Liz! This is an old post but it is good. I’m glad you liked it.
Audrey
My tomatoes just sprouted up the other day, only a few more months until I can make this with my own homegrown tomatoes. I can’t wait.
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