Pizza Sauce for a Year

[Yummys_Girl]

Pizza Sauce for a Year
1 gallon tomato paste
7 quarts tomato juice
3 quarts V-8 juice
3 tablespoons chili powder
6 tablespoons salt or salt substitute
9 tablespoons dried cilantro
6 tablespoons paprika
6 tablespoons italian seasoning, flakes
3 tablespoons garlic powder
3 tablespoons dry mustard
2 1/2 cups dry parmesan cheese
10 celery ribs, including leaves
9 white onions
2 tablespoons white pepper
3 cups white sugar
Makes 36 pints

In large stockpot add the first 10 ingredients. Stir and cook on low heat.
Chop onions and celery, add to 3 cups of water in a separate pot. Cook until tender.
Put the onions and celery in the blender. Pulse until pureed. Add to sauce ingredients.Add parmesan cheese,white pepper and sugar. Stir. Heat to a boil and stir so that it will not scorch.
Pour into hot sterile pint jars, leaving 1/2 inch head room in each jar. Wipe the edge and top of each jar with a hot sterile cloth, seal and band.
Hot water bath for 10 minutes.
Take out with tongs on towel covered counter. You will hear a pop when each jar is sealed. The seal will be indented inches.
When you open jar to use, add 2 tblsp. olive oil. Stir in to heat or to spread on

[cat lover]

OMG! This really makes a lot! tee-hee; have you made this one yet?

[Yummys_Girl]

Not yet. I am still trying to get all of my cannign supplies together. I am having trouble finding the rack to put in the bottom of my large stock pot, to keep the jars off the bottom. And then I need to buy the jar tongs, yet, as well.

With recently purchasing a foodsaver and accessories, and a dehydrator, and canning supplies, I am having to buy the last few things slowly, for cost reasons.

I hope I am not over extending myself =P

[cat lover]

Oh I love to dry foods, I do more of that than almost anything! Have you done much of that yet?

[Yummys_Girl]

I had been using the dehydrator option in our convection oven and have done bananas, beef jerky and strawberries so far. But I ordered a dehydrator expandable to 12 trays and It just arrived today. So soon I will be trying lots more stuff! I already bought meat for jerky on sale and have it cut and in the freezer

[cat lover]

Oh lucky you! My dehydrator only has 6 racks; I've had the thing for many many years. In fact my youngest DS borrowed it a few times and dehyrated some of his herbs.