Canned Tomatoes
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare and cook
Peel and slice tomatoes into a pot.
Add a little salt and cook well, removing all scum.
Can and check
Can the tomatoes while hot.
If they are sealed the next morning, they are all right.
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
- Provide the main body, juice and fresh tomato flavour of the preserve.
The step that matters
Can the tomatoes while hot. Filling the jars while the tomatoes are hot helps drive out air. As the contents cool, the air contracts and the lid can seal, so the seal depends on this step.
“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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