Summertime Tomato Sauce

I created this when my Mom gave me more tomatoes than I could eat at one time. I didn't want them to go to waste! You cannot beat the taste of fresh tomatoes.

6-8 garden fresh tomatoes
Fresh basil
onion
garlic
oregano (both leaves and crushed)
olive oil
Italian seasoning
Parmasan cheese
sugar
red wine
salt
fresh cracked black pepper

You'll notice there aren't measurements. This is a taste as you go recipe.

Score the bottoms of the tomatoes and throw them into a pot of boiling water for 5-7 minutes. Drain. Using rubber gloves, peel the tomatoes and pull out as many seeds as possible, set tomatoes aside. In a large skillet, saute the onion and garlic (I start with one small chopped onion and 3 cloves of garlic) in a drizzle of olive oil until the onion is translucent. Add in the chopped up peeled tomatoes. Cook down for about 10 minutes adding in some chopped fresh basil, oregano, Italian seasoning, sugar, red wine, Parmasan cheese. Taste after each add, add more if necessary. You'll know. I fiddled with this as I went and I have made it several times. Each time you work for a while and then everything just melds. When you achieve the taste you want, cool the mixture and either pour it into a food processor and pulse until smooth or if you have an imersion blender, blend until smooth. This can be frozen and is delicious as a base for regular spaghetti sauce, pizza sauce, vodka sauce or arrabiata sauce.