Preserving Tomatoes the Easy Way🍅

[danac]

So I am romanian and traditionally our parents were doing tomatoes sauce each summer. My mom has 2 recipes one in which you boil it and one in which you don't need to boil. She used to do sauce from 50 kg of tomatoes each summer, the whole home smelled of tomatoes sauce. The summer home smell was tomato sauce smell, jam smell and pickles smell...😅
If you wanna have a sauce in which you don't feel the skin..chop and blend tomatoes first before boiling. Also for long therm saving just put an asprin on top of the jar.

[expertonnothing]

You can also freeze the tomatoes. They freeze great and whenever your ready prepare a batch

[brkitdwn]

It's also bad to store tomato sauce in plastic. The acids in tomatoes causes plastic to leach. Use glass.

[armywife]

Those heirlooms are beautiful, I couldn't bear to cook them though. I wash, slice and eat them with cucumbers and purple onions.

[TNBushcrafter]

Dehydrator...tomato powder. It's a game changer. I also powder squashes..ya know them huge hidden zuchinnis, here's a chance to use em. We can a lot too, another thing that helps is freeze some tomatoes until ya have a few gallons when they defrost skins come right off. Growing a few determinate varieties helps.

[cllikewhat]

I’ve always wanted to can my garden vegetables but I’m terrified of giving my family botulism 😂

[megan]

1, no such thing as too many tomato plants. 2, indeterminate tomato plants can be a pain as he states but they usually have the BEST flavor so do it anyways! 3, canning tomatos is pretty easy and you do not need 50 I ignored my mom while she did it for 1.5 hours with some of my crop. Thats 1.5 hrs between me picking, her cleaning getting the jars ready and doing the actual canning. Getting the jars ready is always the most intense part in our house.

[m.theresa]

Cool! This looks a lot like my sauce (though I often roast the garlic and sometimes some of the tomatoes for added flavor). I freeze in similar containers. It’s perfect for breakfast with eggs etc.

[vanessaloggins]

I’m just waiting for you to get ahold of a freeze dryer LOL It’s ALL over once that happens 🤣 I’m glad ur channel popped up on my feed again. Always makes me hungry lol

[twistedfrannie]

Yep, I just got finished canning 100lbs ...75lbs into diced tomatoes and 25lbs into pizza sauce ( 2019/100lbs, 2020/150lbs, 2021/350lbs, 2022/175lbs)
I do....tomato soup, tomato juice, spicy tomato chutney, ketchup, BBQ sauce, spaghetti sauce, salsa, bruschetta, diced tomatoes and pizza sauce, I'm running on a two year schedule...so pizza sauce and diced won't have to be canned again until 2025.

[sylvanafow]

This remind me of how we make pasta sauce in my house in Peru, but we also add a small piece of carrot to counteract tye acidiy of the toamtoes and add a couple bay leaves. Adter the onions, garlic, tomatoes, and carrots are soft, we put in the blender. Then, it goes into a pot and we add spices like

[sandracarli]

In Italy the seeds and water are removed by using a machine before sterilization in jars. Some time ago an Ayurvedic doctor told me that it’s really better to remove the seeds because they are not good for the kidneys.

[williammiles]

You should use a sieve to take out the seeds because seeds make the sauce bitter

[hollybug-]

Love home canned tomatoes. We usually do (multiple bushels) at a time. I agree the small box of tomatoes from the garden aren't enough to bother canning. I made tomatoe soup and a few jars of salsa.

[audrey-cd]

This is perfect! it looks exactly like my garden and my tomatoes 😂

[colleyslimmaz]

I am doing this right now. I got so many tomatoes and winter is a comin' so why not!! Thanks!!!

[sarahrose]

Core the tops, "x" score the bottoms, then freeze until you're ready to can. Cherry tomatoes are just a seasonal snack for me as I don't like in sauce/salsas. Anything extra from that week is made into salsa, which I freeze like you did here (highly recommend using pickled habaneros instead of buying fresh peppers each time). I'm on my 4th year of gardening & every year has resulted in me planting more tomatoes than I should've 😅 Zero regrets though 😊
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[Dr_V]

I often do the same, but I'm also adding a decent amount of finely chopped parsley leaves into the mix. You can also use fried bacon fat instead of oil to give it a slightly smoky aroma if you like that.

[hehuntsshecooks]

My method: I line 2 baking sheets with foil, then I cut in half, a mix of Roma, San Marzano and cherry tomatoes (about 10 lbs worth). Add 1/2 head of peeled garlic cloves per tray, about 4 sprigs of fresh thyme (leaves only), 3-4 sprigs fresh oregano, 3-4 sprigs fresh marjoram and drizzle the whole pan with grape seed oil. Roast at 415F for about 30-40 minutes (or until the tomatoes are dried out a bit). Pour it all into the Vitamix and add a 2/3 cup fresh basil. No need to peel the tomatoes. Makes a great sauce. Vacuum seal in my chamber sealer. Freeze in batches of 4-6 cups. Very little work and i can make a couple batches a week when the tomatoes are at the perfect ripeness. 10 minutes of prep, 30-40 minutes of roasting time, then 10 minutes to puree, bag and seal.

[theladyinblack]

Don't be afraid to try canning tomatoes! So long as you use mason jars, you can easily check the seal to ensure they're fine. I've been doing it since I was in my 20's and had a bumper crop of tomatoes. You can also do tomato sauce. Both are much better when you do them yourself with fresh tomatoes - there's no comparison with canned! Your
canned version will win hands down every time!!