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Make the most of season with this surprisingly simple and delicious Roasted Cherry Tomato Sauce. This sauce is delicious on pasta, sandwiches and pizza!
I first made this recipe when I had an excess of cherry tomatoes and wanted to make some quick, simple and delicious. And boy was I happy with the result! This sauce is insanely easy to make and makes a delicious punch of fresh flavor.
If you want you can add fresh herbs such as basil , thyme or parsley. But I like to keep it simple and straightforward with just tomatoes, a little onion, red bell peppers and garlic. It's fantastic served with pasta or as a dipping sauce. It's also great on pizzas and sandwiches. Enjoy!
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Equipment
- Baking sheet or casserole dish
- Blender, or you can also use a hand blender
Ingredients
- Cherry tomatoes: Straight from the garden is great, but you can use any kind of tomatoes you like.
- Olive oil
- Balsamic Vinegar
- Sugar
- Salt
- Black pepper
- Red bell pepper
- Onion
- Garlic cloves
Serving Suggestions
This delicious tomato sauce is fantastic on pasta and pizzas. And works great on sandwiches or as a dip.
Variations
I kept the sauce simple but feel free to get creative with add ins.
It's great blended up with a little fresh basil, parsley or thyme. You can even add a splash of cream or lemon juice if you prefer. For a spicier sauce add in some red pepper flakes before roasting.
Made this Roasted Cherry Tomato Sauce recipe? Let me know what you think in the comments!
Recipe
Roasted Cherry Tomato Sauce
Make the most of season with this surprisingly simple and delicious Roasted Cherry Tomato Sauce. This sauce is delicious on pasta, sandwiches and pizza!
4.86 from 99 votes
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Prep Time 5 minutes mins
Cook Time 45 minutes mins
Total Time 50 minutes mins
Course Condiment, Dip
Cuisine American
Servings 4 cups
Equipment
Baking Sheet
Blender
Ingredients
- 6 cups cherry tomatoes
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- ½ onion, roughly chopped
- 1 red bell pepper, cut into segment
- 4-6 cloves of garlic
- olive oil
- salt
- black pepper
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
In a large bowl combine cherry tomatoes with sugar, balsamic vinegar, a drizzle of olive oil and a good pinch of salt and black pepper.
Stir to combine and then pour onto a baking sheet or casserole dish.
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Roast at 400 F for about 45 minutes.
Remove from the oven and allow to cool slightly. Remove the garlic from the pan. Then transfer the remaining contents to a blender. Squeeze the garlic pulp from the skins into the blender. Then blend until smooth.
Transfer into jars with lids and store in the fridge until ready to use.
The sauce will stay fresh up to five days in the fridge or you can freeze it for up to 6 months.
Enjoy!
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Mary
This recipe is so delicious AND so easy! I’ve made a few batches already and still have more cherry tomatoes coming.
Do you know if I can hot bath can this sauce?Reply
- jamjarkitchen
I’m so glad you like it! I wouldn’t recommend water bath canning this recipe due to low acidity in onions/garlic/peppers and varying levels of acidity in homegrown tomatoes. However, it can definitely be pressure canned and it also freezes wonderfully!
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- Nicole
How long would you pressure can this recipe? Thanks
- jamjarkitchen
About 25 minutes should do the trick!
- Paula B
Have you pressure canned this recipe? I’m curious what the pressure should be and how long the processing time should be
- jamjarkitchen
Yes, this recipe can be pressure canned. For an altitude between 1 and 1,000 feet process at 10 lbs of pressure for 25 minutes and that should do the trick. Hope you enjoy!
- Susan
So easy and delicious!Reply
- Michelle M.
I’ve made scratch spaghetti sauce for decades, and this by far is the best sauce I’ve ever made! No more blanching Roma tomatoes, peeling skin and cooking them down for hours! I will make this sauce from now on! I added my garden basil and rosemary during the blending stage and it took perfection to even a higher level. I even mixed in some of my Roma tomatoes (cut them into chunks) to the cherries for roasting and it came out great. This is my go-to recipe from now on, and will use this for my base when making vodka pasta sauce. THANK YOU!Reply
- Jackie
Just a little too sweet for me but overall yummy. I’ll just use a little less sugar next time. It’s a keeper.Reply
- jamjarkitchen
Hi Jackie - The sweetness of this recipe definitely varies depending on the sweetness of the tomatoes you use! While it calls for about a tbsp of sugar to bring out the natural flavor and sweetness of the tomatoes, sometimes only a pinch does the trick or feel free to leave out altogether.
As a tip - if you find the sauce a bit too sweet for your liking you can counter that by adding some additional acid such as a squeeze of lemon or a dash of vinegar. An extra pinch of salt can also help balance it. 🙂
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- Kari
The best recipe! Next year I will plant more cherry tomatoes just so I can make and freeze this sauce! It's a spoon full of summer (~*{> Thank you!
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- Jill
I’m always confused about recipes like this - what about the seeds? I have a vitamix blender and any sauce or soup comes out extremely seedy……
Do your seeds just get blended up somehow? Let me know 🙂
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- jamjarkitchen
Hi there! This recipe calls for cherry tomatoes which tend to have softer seeds. Once they are roasted and fully blended the sauce will be smooth and you shouldn’t be seedy at all. Hope you enjoy!
- Audrey
If you haven't made your own tomato sauce this recipe is your sign to do it!! It is so much better than the jarred stuff from the grocerystore.Reply
- Jeri
This is my favorite tomato sauce recipe when my cherry tomatoes are ripe. I usually combine yellow and red cherry tomatoes, and it tastes so much better than store-bought!Reply
- jamjarkitchen
Hi Heather- Unfortunately no, water bath canning is not safe for this sauce. However you can pressure can it safely. Hope this helps!
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- Carolyn
Hiw is water bath canning this any different than water bath canning salsa, spaghetti sauce, chili sauce, etc. I water bath all of those.
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- jamjarkitchen
Hi Carolyn - I would not recommend water bath canning this recipe as written. It has oil and vegetables with too low of an acid level for safe water bath canning. You can pressure can this recipe, which would take the temperature up to 240 (the safe temperature for killing botulism). Or, you could omit the oil and add citric acid before canning to ensure safety. In general, I do not recommend water bath canning for salsa (unless it has a significant amount of lime juice/vinegar and you use a trusted, tested recipe), or spaghetti sauce (again, unless it's a trusted recipe with enough acid added). I hope this helps!
- Lynn Bolton
I made this and froze it with my summer cherry tomatoes from my garden. Easy and so yummy!!!!
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- jamjarkitchen
Hi Lynn- So glad you liked it!
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- Adele S
With many garden cherry tomato’s I searched for “what to do with excess cherry tomatoes” and, found this delicious recipe. I added garden basil, red peppers, garlic and onion and WOW! The best! Thank you for sharing, I made 4 batches. Looking forward to next season ??Reply
- jamjarkitchen
Hi Adele - So glad you enjoyed it!
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- Melissa
Love this recipe! Easy to do, and makes a great base sauce. I followed the recipe, as written, figuring I can add seasonings when I use it. I’m already thinking of creamy tomato basil soup in sourdough bread bowls !
Thank you for such a great recipe.Reply
- jamjarkitchen
Hi Melissa - So glad you enjoyed it!
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