Roasted Heirloom Tomato Sauce

Created by our own Joni Marie Newman

Fresh and bursting with tomato flavor, you can make this in the oven, air-fryer, or in a foil packet on the grill.

Yield: About 3 cups

Ingredients

4 medium-large heirloom tomatoes

4 teaspoons minced garlic

2 teaspoons dried basil

1 teaspoon dried oregano

4 tablespoons olive oil

Salt and pepper, to taste

Method

Preheat oven to 400F. Have ready a glass baking dish.

Cut a hole in the top of each tomato, where the stem is. Into each hole place 1 teaspoon minced garlic, 1/2 teaspoon basil, 1/4 teaspoon oregano, 1 tablespoon olive oil, salt an pepper.

Bake for 45 minutes.* Until tomato skins are wrinkly and the garlic is very fragrant.

Remove from oven. Using an immersion blender, or carefully transfer to a tabletop blender, blend to desired consistency.

Serve on pasta, use as pizza sauce, or simply enjoy dipping in a nice crusty piece of bread

*If using an air-fryer you willhave toadjust the time, possibly 20 minutes at 400F, depending on your specific machine. For the grill, you will want to put your tomatoes in a foil packet.

Enjoy!