Slow Cooker Cherry Tomato Sauce is a creamy, easy-to-make recipe using fresh garden ingredients like cherry tomatoes, garlic, and herbs. Simply throw everything into the crockpot and let it simmer into a rich homemade tomato sauce. Perfect for pasta, pizza, or preserving—this is a must-try crockpot tomato sauce you can serve fresh, can for later , or freeze for easy meals !
Slow Cooker Cherry Tomato Sauce
If you are picking bowls of cherry tomatoes right now, this is the tomato sauce recipe that you need! So many of you have loved my Roasted Cherry Tomato Sauce , so I decided to make a Slow Cooker version that’s even easier!
This sauce has become my family’s favorite tomato sauce this Summer, so I hope you love it as much as we do! love making a batch of this (or 2, or 3!), allowing it to sit in the kitchen all day (smells so good!), and then serve for dinner over pasta.
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This recipe yields 6 cups of tomato sauce, making it perfect for preserving your garden harvest. Want to stock up? It’s easy to double or triple the batch. Scroll down for simple freezing and canning instructions!
Best Garden Tomatoes for this Recipe
This garden-fresh tomato sauce is the perfect way to use up all your homegrown veggies! You’ll need 8 cups of cherry tomatoes, along with onion, garlic, and oregano. To boost the flavor even more, try tossing in some chopped peppers or extra dried herbs from your garden—oregano, basil, or thyme all work beautifully!
While cherry tomatoes make this recipe shine, you can easily swap them for other varieties like Roma, San Marzano, Plum (Amish Paste), or Beefsteak tomatoes. If you’re using larger tomatoes, simply chop them into quarters before adding them to the slow cooker.
How to Make Tomato Sauce in the Crockpot
Place whole cherry tomatoes straight into the slow cooker . You don’t even need to chop them up!
Add all the other ingredients and stir so the olive oil fully coats all the tomatoes.
Cook on HIGH or LOW depending on how much time you have. Both taste great, so no worries if you need it quickly on HIGH.
Blend it up! Use an immersion blender and blend until the sauce is creamy and smooth. You can also transfer to a food processor or blender (in batches), and blend, but please be careful as it’s hot!
Serve and enjoy! It’s so good!
How to Freeze and Can
You can freeze or can this tomato sauce depending on your preference.
To freeze: Place in freezer bags , label the bag, and freeze. I like to fill each freezer bag up with 3 cups of tomato sauce as that equals approximately a jar.
Sometimes when you defrost tomato sauce it’s a little watery. This is fine to eat and can be served as is, but if you want to thicken it up add a little bit of tomato paste to it.
To can: After sterilizing and cleaning jars and lids, add 1 tablespoon of lemon juice to a pint jar, or 2 tablespoons to a quart jar, and then fill up with tomato sauce, leaving 1/2 inch space on top. Wipe the rims and put lids and bands on.
Process in a canner pot of boiling water for 35 minutes. Allow the canner to cool down for 10 minutes before carefully removing the jars. Place on a towel and allow to cool completely, about 12-24 hours (we like to let ours sit overnight). Check to make sure the lids are completely sealed before storing them.
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Ingredients
- ▢ 8 cups cherry tomatoes stems removed
- ▢ 1 medium onion sliced
- ▢ 2 cloves garlic minced
- ▢ 3 tablespoons olive oil
- ▢ 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- ▢ 1/4 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Put all ingredients into your slow cooker and stir so the olive oil coats everything.
- Close the lid and cook on HIGH for 2.5 hours or LOW for 5 hours.
- Place an immersion blender into the slow cooker and blend until sauce is smooth. If you don’t have an immersion blender you can also transfer to a blender or food processor, but please be careful as the sauce is hot.
- Serve immediately, or freeze or can to use at a later date.
Notes
Slow Cooker Cherry Tomato Sauce
Ingredients
- 8 cups cherry tomatoes stems removed
- 1 medium onion sliced
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Put all ingredients into your slow cooker and stir so the olive oil coats everything.
- Close the lid and cook on HIGH for 2.5 hours or LOW for 5 hours.
- Place an immersion blender into the slow cooker and blend until sauce is smooth. If you don’t have an immersion blender you can also transfer to a blender or food processor, but please be careful as the sauce is hot.
- Serve immediately, or freeze or can to use at a later date.
Notes
Recipe Created by Pamela Reed for brooklynfarmgirl.com
