Roasted Cherry Tomato Sauce Recipe - THE BEST GARDEN RECIPE! (2024)
ROASTED Cherry Tomato Sauce is sweet, creamy and SO EASY to make! This is the best recipe for growing garden tomatoes! You can serve immediately on pasta, can it or freeze it! Find out why thousands of people love this sauce!
The Best Cherry Tomato Sauce
My life has officially been taken over by tomatoes. Is there anything else to talk about except tomatoes right now? Tomato this, tomato that, do the tomato dance.
This is my absolute favorite cherry tomato sauce. I’m a bit biased, but it’s been made by thousands of people, so trust those people and make it too! Pretty much once you make it, you’ll come back to it time and time again!
This homemade sauce doesn’t require you to simmer over the stove for 2 hours. The key to this recipe is first we oven roast the tomatoes – oh yeah, baby. Then after that we throw them in a food processor with some fresh basil and season them. Then it’s made! It’s that easy.
More tomato sauce recipes: This is now a slow cooker cherry tomato sauce recipe too! Also try my roma tomato sauce (so good!!) and Green Tomato Sauce too.
Need more tomato recipes? Try my Stewed Tomatoes, Diced Tomatoes,Tomato Pie and Roasted Roma Tomatoes. And for all your cherry tomatoes, check out my100 Cherry Tomato Recipes
Recipe Video
I made this video to show you how to make this recipe. 🙂
Tomato Sauce Ingredients
cherry tomatoes
garlic
onion powder
olive oil
basil
salt and pepper
How to Make Cherry Tomato Sauce
Gather your tomatoes, make sure to take the stems off.
Put them in a pan, single layer. I was making a few batches so I had multiple pans.
Drizzle your olive oil over the tomatoes. Take a picture and completely miss the olive oil coming out of the bottle. Oops.
Sprinkle your onion powder over the tomatoes. Take a picture and completely miss the onion powder being sprinkled. Oops.
Note: If you’d like to, you can sub 1/4 cup fresh chopped onion instead of onion powder.
Also add a clove of garlic. No need to mince it, the food processor will do the work for you at the end.
Bake for 35 minutes until your tomatoes are all wrinkly and bursting.
Let them cool for a few minutes, then put them in the food processor with your other ingredients. Give it a few pulses until creamy, it doesn’t take more than that!
And you are left with some creamy, amazing smelling cherry tomato sauce!
This makes 3 cups of sauce. Feel free to use immediately after, put in the fridge for tomorrow, or freeze (in a freezer bag) for a few months later.
How to Freeze Tomato Sauce
Once the sauce cools down, add the sauce into freezer bags. I like to separate each bag into 2-3 cups of sauce, knowing that’s how much I’ll need fora recipe.
Whenever I freeze sauce, puree, diced/stewed tomatoes, I always put in a freezer bag and lay flat while pressing it out, so it’s as thin as possible. Then once it’s frozen, I stand it up. This savesspace and lets you have a better organized freezer. To deforst, place in the refrigator the night before. Alternatively you could defrost it in the microwave in a few minutes.
I hope you enjoy thisRoasted Creamy Cherry Tomato Sauce – it’s one of my favorite Summer recipes!
Roasted Cherry Tomato Sauce is sweet, creamy and SO EASY to make! This is the best recipe for growing garden tomatoes! You can serve immediately on pasta, can it or freeze it! Find out why thousands of people love this sauce!
Flat or bland sauce likely needs a hit of something acidic to lift and enhance its flavors, such as a small splash of high-quality, flavorful vinegar, a squeeze of fresh lemon juice, or a few drops of not-too-fiery hot sauce.
Freeze 'Em 🌬️: Wash and dry the tomatoes, then freeze them on a tray before transferring to a bag. Perfect for later use in salads or cooking! Oil Bath 🛁: Submerge tomatoes in olive oil with herbs. Keeps them flavorful and ready to enhance your dishes.
GET AHEAD Halve the tomatoes, placing them in a large roasting tray as you go. Halve the bulb of garlic across the middle and add to the tray. Pick in the oregano leaves, if you've got some, then add 1 tablespoon each of olive oil and red wine vinegar and a pinch of sea salt and black pepper.
Coffee grounds contain around 2% nitrogen as well as varying amounts of phosphorus and potassium which are all very important for the growth of tomato plants. By mixing some coffee grounds into the soil below your tomato plants you're introducing these nutrients that the plants need to thrive.
If there is an off odor. Toss it." But of course, since yours is a cherry tomato, I doubt you will be able to trim the mold off; just throw that moldy one out, and don't forget to thoroughly rinse the rest of the cherry tomatoes out.
Anchovy paste is considered a hidden ingredient in spaghetti sauce because most people have no idea it is in there. You do not need much, but even a small amount creates a rich, salty base. You'll find countless tomato sauce recipes that call for anchovy paste online, so the secret is out.
Your spaghetti sauce may taste bland due to insufficient seasoning. Try adding more salt, herbs (like basil, oregano, or thyme), and other flavor enhancers like garlic, onion, or red pepper flakes. Also, a dash of sugar can balance flavors and bring out the natural sweetness of tomatoes.
It's so simple to freeze whole cherry tomatoes that it hardly warrants instructions; just wash, dry, and freeze! Wash and dry cherry tomatoes. Lay the tomatoes out in a single layer on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet, and freeze for about two hours, or until frozen solid.
Why Are My Roasted Tomatoes Soggy? The main reason roasted tomatoes end up soggy is because they are overcrowded on the pan. Make sure to use a baking sheet large enough to accommodate all the tomatoes with a little breathing room.
As tomato season slowly comes to an end, there is yet another way to enjoy them. Roasting tomatoes brings out some of the greatest flavors, but also actually makes them healthier for you. Tomatoes contain lycopene, a powerful antioxidant that reduces the risk of many types of cancer.
As they roast, they lose moisture, and their flavor intensifies. They come out of the oven chewy & tart, with a super-concentrated, intense umami flavor. These little guys are totally irresistible! Make sure you roast a big batch – you'll find endless ways to use them.
It's so simple to freeze whole cherry tomatoes that it hardly warrants instructions; just wash, dry, and freeze! Wash and dry cherry tomatoes. Lay the tomatoes out in a single layer on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet, and freeze for about two hours, or until frozen solid.
Once picked, tomatoes should be stored on a counter or shelf out of direct sunlight. If you wash them after picking them, make sure to dry them before you leave them on the counter. Tomatoes typically last 3-5 days on the counter. They can also be stored in the refrigerator so they keep a little longer.
Some tomato varieties do better than others when forced to ripen indoors, but nothing is lost if you want to give it a try. Some gardeners pull the entire plant from the soil and hang it upside down in a dark cool area like a basem*nt or garage, while others remove the fruit and then allow it to ripen.
A truly ripe cherry tomato will come off its stem very easily and is well worth waiting an extra day for, so hold off on picking them until they're ripe. Pick individual fruits every day for best results. With luck, your plant will continue to produce right up until frost.
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