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HomeMade Marinara Sauce w/Fresh Tomatoes

Marinara Sauce

Serve it as a dip, pour it over pasta, or spread it on pizza dough
"HomeMade Marinara Sauce with Fresh Tomatoes" is the recipe below
We refer to it as a vegetable but it's really a fruit; the Tomato

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The ingredient was Organically Grown ... the seeds I saw her sow

This recipe and its content were produced by my sister, Mo. 

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Tomatoes grown by Mo

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Ingredients 

• 8 Fresh Tomatoes
• 5 cloves of Garlic
• 1 medium sized Onion
• 1 Medium sized Green Sweet Pepper
• 2 Tablespoons of Fresh Basil (Finely chopped)
• 1 Tablespoon of Sugar (brown preferably)
• 1 1/2 Tablespoons of Oil
• 1/2 Teaspoon of Salt
• 1/4 Teaspoon of Black Pepper

Instructions 

1. Wash all Tomatoes and place 5 of them on a baking-sheet.
2. Place the 5 cloves of Garlic on the same baking-sheet (not peeled)
3. Use Oil and drizzle over the Tomatoes and Garlic. Put in oven to roast at 450 degrees (F) for 15-20 minutes (until skins pop).
4. Remove garlic from baking-sheet, peel and place in a mixing bowl.
5. Sprinkle Sugar and Basil on the Tomatoes remaining on the baking-sheet and put in oven for 5 minutes (until sugar melts).
6. Remove from oven and add to mixing bowl with the garlic.
7. Use a fork to mash ALL ingredients together, adding Salt and Black Pepper.
8. On cutting-board, chop up the other 3 Tomatoes, Onion and Green Sweet Pepper. Add to mixing bowl and combine.

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cooking Time: 25 minutes (max)

Total Time: 30 minutes

Servings: 2 cups (approximately)