Recipes

[mizree]

The one with basil would be good.  it is also sold without basil.  Kroger's Simple Truth is also good.

[mizree]

@Mindy D next time i venture out i will look for the plants.  If we don't have fresh basil, we add Barilla Pesto Rustic Basil when we add the parmesan.

[Eileen in Virginia]

I like Tutturoso crushed tomatoes. They were rated the best by America's Test Kitchen a few years ago. I was using them anyway and just kept buying them after that. 

[tobes]

@Mindy D The brand isn't so important to me as the type of tomatoes.  i usually buy San Marzano tomatoes.

[newjerseygirl]

@Mindy D 

[shaggygirl]

Tuttorosso 

[jlkz]

Just made a 40-pint batch of marinara sauce which I usually do a few times a year.

Best results from tasters / eaters:   Cento San Marzano whole plum tomatoes which I put into a blender.  I use the 90-ounce cans, less cans to open !  

I thicken it with Contadina unseasoned tomato paste.  Total cook time 2.5 hours.  Cool over night and put into pint freezer bags which I can only find at WalMart.

Typical comment: it has many layers of taste which must have taken hours to achieve.  Nope, just 2.5 !!!

[bonappetit]

[deepwaterdotter]

I buy Muir Glen when they're on sale, and Hunt's Plum the rest of the time.

[sunshine45]

i prefer crushed tomatoes or tomato filets.

a friend of mine gets large cans from restaurant depot or an italian wholesale warehouse.

i open them up, use what i need, and freeze the rest in smaller plastic containers.