Slow Cooker Fresh Tomato Sauce

Name: Slow Cooker Fresh Tomato Sauce
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 495 min
Total time: 510 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: 3 pieces Bay Leaves (3 Bay Leaves); 1 piece Carrot (1 Carrot, Peeled and Diced); 1 clove Garlic (1 clove garlic finely minced); 1 cup Chicken Broth (1 cup Low Sodium Chicken Broth); 2 tbsp Olive Oil (2 tbsp Olive Oil); ½ piece Yellow Onion (1/2 onion, finely chopped); 2 tsp Black Peppercorns (2 tsp Pepper); 1 tbsp Red Pepper Flakes (1 tbsp Red Pepper Flakes); 1 tsp Table Salt (1 tsp Salt); 10 pieces Vine Ripened Tomato (10 medium tomatoes, Diced)

510 minMediterranean

Servings4

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Steps

1Preheat broiler. On a baking sheet, toss onion, carrots and olive oil. Broil until onion begins to caramelize, about 15 minutes.In a slow cooker, add onion and carrot mixture.
2Mix with the rest of the ingredients. Put lid on slow cooker and turn to low. Cook for 4 hours.
3Mix and turn on high. Cook for another 4 hours. Turn off slow cooker. Using a hand blender, puree the tomato sauce until no large chunks remain.If freezing, let cool completely and freeze in heavy duty plastic bags.