How is your tomato harvest going to be this year? I think ever since we started growing tomatoes, this is probably going to be the first year we do not have a bumper harvest. However, we will still have plenty of tomatoes for freezing, making homemade tomato paste and even canning tomato sauce.
Since there are several tomato varieties, you have to choose the ones you use for your paste carefully. Ideally, you want to use thick tomatoes that do not require extra cooking to thicken the sauce. For this very reason, many prefer to use Roma tomatoes. This recipe also allows you to can large amounts of sauce, you just have to do be willing to do it in batches.
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Here’s What You’ll Need:
- tomatoes
- lemon juice
- salt (optional)
- pressure canner
- canning jars with lids & rings
- canning utensils
- blancher
- bowls
- large spoons
- sharp knife
- towels, dish cloths or pot holders
- food mill (optional)
- blender (optional)
- strainer (optional)
The tomatoes have to be washed and cleaned before you get started. Depending on how you like your sauce you can choose to deploy one of 3 methods. It is recommended that you de-skin your tomatoes, however you can choose whether or not you want to remove the seeds as well .
After the tomato sauce is prepped, the next stage is the canning process. For this you have to fill your jars with the sauce, leaving about 1/4 inch of head space. Each jar should also have some lemon juice added, the amount depends on the size of the jar. The jars are then processed in the pressure canner.
You can get the full recipe & instructions on the Simply Canning blog, here…
You can watch the video below on How to Can Tomato Sauce ~ The Easy Way!…
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You can watch the video below on Homestead Series How To Can Tomato Sauce…
