20 pounds San Marzano 'paste' tomatoes

this box yielded 8.5 quarts of sauce.

tomatoes in colandar just rinsed

a more thorough wash by rinsing in cold water

tomatoes in pot: I threw them in whole. simmer on low, start with a bit of water on the bottom to prevent burning. or: halve them first!

tomatoes starting to cook down in pot. I used a bean masher (potato masher would also work) to start pushing it all down and getting more juice out to prevent burning.

tomatoes cooked down, ready to put through food mill

scooping out the cooked tomatoes...

food mill and tomatoes. quite low tech. and it works!

San Marzano tomato sauce!

20# of San Marzano tomatoes, cooked up as instructed above, then food milled, all fit into this pot. I then cooked it down just a bit for 2-3 hours on med-low...

I used a splatter screen while cooking down to prevent tomato mini-eruptions!

8 and 1/2 quarts of tomato sauce! (yes, that would be 17 pints) m