30+ Tomato Canning Recipes | Practical Self Reliance
Tomato canning recipes preserve a bumper crop on your pantry shelf
When the tomatoes come in it always seems like they come in buckets or not at all. It’s always tricky to find a way to preserve them all, but the good news is tomatoes can beautifully. Recipes go way beyond simple canned tomatoes!
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While there are a lot of ways to put a tomato in a jar, believe it or not, my absolute favorite recipe is Tomato Jam. It sounds wierd, I know, but it’s completely life changing.
There’s always an open jar of it in my fridge, and it’s perfect on hambergers, on top of meat loaf or just as a more grown up version of ketchup for anything.
I know the summer’s no where near over yet, but when the first frost comes, keep this list of Green Tomato Recipes handy. They really do have their own unique flavor when green, and it’s a bit more of a vegetable (rather than the sweet/fruity taste of many ripe tomatoes).
I even have green tomato canning recipes for putting them up in a jar!
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Recipes to keep your larder full all year round…in season now:
What are you harvesting, preserving, building, or exploring on your homestead this week? I’d love to hear about it!
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Until Next Time,
Ashley at Practical Self Reliance
The last few years I have been fire roasting tomatoes directly on coals. After they've cooled I slip off the peels, cut the core out if need be and freeze them, primitive yes, but it works. Freezing and thawing the tomatoes leeches some of the water away from the meat of the fruit. I pore this off which allows for a thicker sauce. In addition, I smoke cherry peppers that I eventually jar up. The combination of the roasted tomatoes and a smoked cherry pepper is great in seafood stew, traditional goulash or anything else you might want to cook up. I don't freeze a whole lot, 5-6 quarts, but those dishes are nice to have after the snow falls. This year I made basil ice cubes....can't wait to see how that goes.
Canning a delicious salsa this week. Thanks for all you do! I enjoy reading about your experiences and ideas.