Elyse M Grasso on Nostr: If you want to make tomato sauce, the way my Nonna taught me (at this time of year) ...

If you want to make tomato sauce, the way my Nonna taught me (at this time of year) is to use a Vittorio strainer, which is a food grinder thing that ejects the pulp and juice one way and the seeds and skins another.

Quarter the whole tomatoes and leave them layered with salt in a cheesecloth lined peach basket over night to drain some of the water. Cook them until they are squishy (with some onions, celery, maybe a couple hot peppers), run them through the strainer, cook down more..