Fresh Tomato Sauce Recipe (Instant Pot)

Found a great Instant Pot tomato sauce recipe for my fresh garden tomatoes.  No need to peel or take seeds out.  I added 2 tsp cumin and used the white ends of 3 green onions in my recipe.  But other than that, I stuck to what you see below...

Enjoy!

Tip: Grating the garlic while it's frozen is a great way to get small pieces easily.

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Ingredients

SCALE

2 tsp olive oil

1/2 yellow onion, diced

5 cloves of garlic, minced

6 cups of fresh tomatoes, roughly chopped (grape/cherry can stay whole)

1 carrot, peeled and roughly chopped or or 4–5 baby carrots

1 (6 oz.) can of tomato paste

2 Tbsp chopped fresh basil (can sub 1 tsp dried)

salt & pepper, to taste

(optional) dried oregano & parsley (start with 1 tsp then add more if desired)

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Instructions

1. Set Instant Pot to saute and add olive oil.  Once hot, add onion and cook until translucent.
2. Add garlic and saute 1 additional minute.
3. Add tomatoes and carrots to pot and give everything a good stir.  No need to add water, the tomatoes make plenty of their own liquid during cooking.
4. Lock lid and set Instant Pot to manual/pressure cook for 20 minutes. When cook time is up allow the pot to NPR for at least 10 minutes.  (You can also let the pot completely NPR, but if in a rush 10 minutes will work!)
5. Add 1/3c.- 1/2 c. tomato paste (this will act as your thickener- so use more for thicker sauce and less for thinner sauce)
6. Use an immersion blender to blend sauce until smooth.  Then add chopped basil and give it a stir.  Add salt, pepper, and other seasonings, to taste.
7. Note: due to the fresh tomatoes, this sauce will be on the thinner side. If sauce is too thin for your liking, you can put instant pot on saute to thicken it a little bit.