Freezing Tomatoes - 3 easy ways - Binky's Culinary Carnival

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Freezing Tomatoes - 3 easy ways

Sometimes your garden just gives you too many tomatoes at one time to process all at once. Learn all about freezing tomatoes 3 easy ways!

Course how to

Cuisine American

Prep Time 1

Freezing time 4

Total Time 1

Servings quart

Calories 170kcal

Author Beth Neels

Cost $5

Equipment

Ingredients

1 qt fresh tomatoes

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

For Whole Tomatoes

Line rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper or silpat.
Wash tomatoes well. Pat dry.
Remove stem end.
Place on baking sheet. Freeze at least 4 hours.
Once frozen transfer to any storage container of your choice.

For Crushed Tomatoes

Wash tomatoes well. Pat dry.
Remove stem end. Cut out any bad spots.
If you'd like, you can blanch tomatoes to remove skin. Place tomatoes in boiling water fro 1-2 minutes, until skins begin to crack. With slotted spoon, transfer tomatoes to ice bath. Cool. Slip skins off.
Place in food processor or blender container.
Pulse until crushed to desired consistency.
Use a canning funnel to help you load into freezer bags, containers or canning jars, leaving 1 inch headspace. (space allotted between food and top of container)
Freeze at least 12 months.

For Tomato Purée or Juice

Wash tomatoes well. Pat dry.
Remove stem end. Cut out any bad spots.
Cut into pieces small enough to fit into your juicer.
Set up juicer/ vegetable strainer. Feed tomato pieces into the hopper of the strainer.
Load juice into freezer containers, a canning funnel works well for this.

Notes

Will easily freeze for 9-12 months.

Use a freezer thermometer to ensure your freezer is set at 0°F. This will lengthen the time tomatoes will stay usable.

Use freezer bags, vacuum sealer bags, plastic freezer containers or glass jars to store tomatoes in. Leave an inch headspace (space between product and top of container) to ensure room for expansion.

Canning funnel is handy to help load into container.

I use Kitchen food grinder and vegetable/ juicer attachment for purée or juice.

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