How Do I Prepare Fresh Tomatoes For Tomato Sauce? Do I Remove Skin And Seeds?

Remove the skin from the tomatoes.  A easy and quick method to do this is to submerge the tomatoes in water that has been boiling and then removed from the fire.  Let the tomatoes set for one minute.  Remove the tomatoes from the water and they will easily slip their skin.  The seeds do not need to be removed from the tomatoes at this time.  Next, chunk them up and put them in small amount of boiling water and cook until tender.  If you wish, add salt to taste.  Put the tomatoes in a blender and blend until the consistency you desire is reached.  Put the liquefied tomatoes through a sieve and strain out the seeds.  I hope this works well for you.

My French and Italian friends never remove the skin from the tomatoes.  They simply chop them and then sieve the sauce at the end.  Far quicker and easier.