Canning spaghetti sauce

[KrisM]

Okay, I can Can this? How? I've never canned anything ever and know nothing. I freeze sauce and chili, etc. I am always running out of freezer space and we have 2 freezers. I'd love to learn more about how to do it and what to do.

Thanks!

[o_mom]

I believe you would need a pressure canner for it - I think once you add anything to the tomatoes it is not acidic enough for just boiling.

[egoldber]

It depends on how daring you are. ;)

I do hot water bath canning for tomato sauce with only things like a little onion, garlic, and herbs.

I would use a pressure canner it if it has meat in it. I don't have a pressure canner, so I either freeze it if it has meat or just add meat to a meatless sauce.

http://www.uga.edu/nchfp/how/can3_tomato.html

[KrisM]

We don't have meat in it. It's tomato sauce, tomato paste, tomato puree, garlic, oregano, onion, basil.

[egoldber]

I think you'd be fine with the water bath canning procedure.

[dotgirl]

Add a little lemon juice - about 1 TBSP - to up the acidity. You won't notice the flavour later, but it will ensure you don't need to pressure can.

I can whole blanched tomatoes every year, no pressure cooker needed, just by doing this. Works really well.