To Can Tomatoes for Cooking
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the tomatoes
Pour boiling water over the tomatoes to easily remove the skins.
Cut the tomatoes into halves or quarters.
Boil the tomatoes in a kettle until heated through, adding salt to taste.
Can the tomatoes
Heat the cans by placing them in cold water and bringing it to a boil.
Fill the hot cans with the tomatoes and seal immediately.
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.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Ripe tomatoes
- Form the main body of the preserved product and supply its acidity and fresh tomato flavor.
The step that matters
Fill the hot cans and seal immediately. Filling hot cans and sealing right away matters because the heat drives air out of the jar. As the contents cool they shrink, creating a partial vacuum that helps the lid seal.
“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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