Green Tomatoes Sauce using a Crockpot

Every year, my garden produces quite a lot of tomatoes. We usually enjoy fresh tomatoes from our garden throughout the summer months. However, this year the Pacific Northwest weather was not quite nice with fewer sunny, warm days and more rain than usual. It was hard for the tomatoes to fully develop and ripen. Now that it is at the end of the tomatoes season, I have many green tomatoes left. I could let them slowly ripen in the house by placing them in paper bags with an apple in each, but I decided that I make green tomato sauce for my family this year. According to a new study, the green tomato is healthier than the ripe one. There are so many recipes that show how to utilize the green tomato from the Southern fried green tomato to the pasta sauce. I will follow the easiest recipe that I can find using the ingredients that I have on hand to create this sauce recipe. The sauce is easy to prepare, and it can be canned or frozen and enjoyed throughout the whole year. A Crockpot® will make this recipe even easier and the flavor is unbelievable.

Ingredients:
5 to 6 lbs of green tomatoes
1 white onion, chopped
5 garlic cloves, minced
2 tbs sugar
1/3 cup total combination of fresh thyme and oregano, roughly chopped
2 bay leaves
2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
1 cup white wine
1/2 tsp chili flakes
1/4 cup oil

Directions:
A 6 qt. Crockpot® is needed.
Wash and clean the green tomatoes and roughly chop them into pieces. Place the chopped tomatoes into the Crockpot®.

 

In a sauté pan, heat oil. Cook the onion and garlic for 3 minutes or until fragrant. Drop in the fresh herbs and white wine. Cook until the wine has reduced by half. Pour into the Crockpot®.
Add the remainder of the ingredients.

Cover the Crockpot® and cook on low 4 to 5 hours or until the tomatoes are as tender as you like them.
Uncover the Crockpot® in the last 30 minutes to make the sauce thicker. Also, you can use a handheld blender to blend the sauce to your liking. Adjust the seasoning with more or less salt or sugar for your own taste

Serve this sauce with your favorite noodles or use to bake with fish or chicken.