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Canned Tomatoes, Whole

A method for preserving whole tomatoes by canning them in jars.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Canned Tomatoes, Whole

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Select well-shaped, large tomatoes that are firm and ripe.

  2. Peel the tomatoes.

Blanch and pack

  1. Drop 6 tomatoes into boiling water and cover the tomatoes.

  2. Cook for 8 minutes.

  3. Pack the tomatoes into a jar.

  4. Fill the jar with boiling water.

  5. Screw on the tops.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Tomatoes
Provides the flesh and juice, and their natural acidity, that define the finished jar.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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