I planted my first garden this year. I have a ton of tomato plants. I really want to make spaghetti sauce to freeze. I don't have enough ripe to make sauce and when I get more ripe ones, the ones I have already picked are going bad. So what do I do to get enough ripe tomatoes? Do I pick green ones and do whatever you need to do to ripen them faster or do I freeze the ripe tomatoes I have until I have enough for sauce?
Does anyone do freezer sauce? How many tomatoes do I need?

Ive never made homemade sauce, but why not just prepare the ripe ones that you have now into sauce and then freeze? That way they dont go bad while waiting for the unripe ones to catch up.
Im not sure on how many tomatoes you need, they grow in different sizes.

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I would rather make a couple big batches of sauce then make a ton of small batches.

You absolutely can freeze them until you have enough. Just wash them and throw them in whole. When you thaw them, the skins will slip right off. Lightly squeeze some of the water out of them and cook them down. If you are doing the fresh tomatoes, put them in your sink and scald w/ boiling water. Take out the seeds and juicy part and let them drain a bit in the colendar. I use one of those hand held "boat motor" thingies to puree them right in the pan, but you could use a blender if you want. It will take quite a while to cook the water out and make it thick. You can add tomatoe past if you want, I don't. I add a bit of sugar to cut the acid, some salt and some garlic saute'd in olive oil. Pork is awsome in sauce, it mellows the flavor, italian sausage is great too. I add my meatballs toward the end. Good luck!

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We made tons of spaghetti sauce this year, but we cheated a tad. We bought the Mrs. Wages packets in the canning section and canned it. In order to get enough tomatoes, I would just refrigerate the ripe ones--they will stay at least another week in the fridge. Or, you can freeze them.

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