By preserving tomatoes, you can enjoy the freshness of tomatoes any time, even after the season. These 3 recipes are quick and easy.
Some years there are hardly any tomatoes on the bush and then there are years when you can't eat them as fast as they grow back. Especially if you have had a rich harvest in the garden, it is definitely worth preserving the fresh and he althy fruits. On the one hand, this makes your tomatoes last longer and you can also benefit from the delicacy in winter and on the other hand, the fruit is guaranteed not to spoil. In principle, you can boil all types of tomatoes. However, the tomatoes must be nice and ripe and must not have any moldy or rotten spots.
Before you start to preserve the tomatoes, you should cut out the stalks, because they contain the toxic substance solanine. Clean the preserving jars with boiling water now to rid them of any germs.
Preserving tomato salad
Tomato salad is a real delicacy in summer as well as in winter - delicious, fresh and low in calories. To be able to enjoy your own tomatoes in the salad after the gardening season, you can simply boil them down.
- Cut the beefsteak tomatoes into slices about 1 cm thick and place them in the jars.
- Now mix one part vinegar with four parts water and pour this mixture over the tomato slices in the jar.
- Now close the jars tightly and put them in the oven at 90 degrees for about 20 minutes. Done!
Now you can enjoy the tomato salad whenever you feel like it.
» By the way: The salad is seasoned and refined with oil just before it is eaten.
Canning whole tomatoes
Another variant is to boil down whole, peeled tomatoes.
- Use firm tomatoes and remove their stalks.
- So that the skin can be removed more easily, the tomatoes are first blanched briefly in boiling water and then placed in ice water for half a minute (to chill).
- Now fill in the peeled tomatoesthe mason jars. Boil some s alted water and pour it over your tomatoes. Depending on your taste, you can add spices and herbs.
- The tightly sealed jars are then placed in the preheated oven at 90 degrees for half an hour.
Boil tomato puree
The easiest way to preserve tomatoes is to make tomato puree. You have particularly low losses of vegetables. In addition, all types of tomatoes can be used with this method, which you can also cook together. The fruit just has to be fully ripe.
- Again, first remove the stalks and then cut the tomatoes into large pieces.
- Pure the pieces very finely with a blender. When pureeing, the skin is also severely crushed so that it is no longer bothersome later.
- Now fill a saucepan with this puree and heat the mixture while stirring. Then cook for 5 minutes.
- After the mixture has cooled down, you can pour it into glasses. After sealing, simply place in the oven at 90 degrees for 20 minutes.
» Tip: With the boiled puree you have a good base for delicious sauces and soups. Seasoning only takes place during preparation, so you are very flexible and can produce a wide variety of variants. Store the puree in the darkest possible place so that the taste does not change.