Kathie in Thorp
Well-known member
Local gal gave out this tip, and I have a batch going right now. I don't have time to can, but I can do this:
Have a lot of extra tomatoes that you don't know what to do with? Here is what I have been doing, and the end product is really yummy, if the comments from my four kiddos are accurate. I cover a baking sheet with parchment paper. Then, I quarter tomatoes, any kind, and put them on the baking sheet. No need to skin or seed. Once the sheet is filled, I sprinkle the tomatoes with kosher salt, black pepper, crushed garlic. Then I drizzle with olive oil. I put the sheet into the oven at 275 degrees for 2-3 hours. Then, once the tomatoes have cooled, I freeze them in quart sized freezer bags. When it comes time to make pizza sauce, or spaghetti sauce, I simply heat a pan, dice an onion and add it with some olive oil to the pan, then add a bag of the frozen tomatoes. In about 20 minutes I have yummy sauce. You can add peppers and basil and other things as well. Enjoy!
Have a lot of extra tomatoes that you don't know what to do with? Here is what I have been doing, and the end product is really yummy, if the comments from my four kiddos are accurate. I cover a baking sheet with parchment paper. Then, I quarter tomatoes, any kind, and put them on the baking sheet. No need to skin or seed. Once the sheet is filled, I sprinkle the tomatoes with kosher salt, black pepper, crushed garlic. Then I drizzle with olive oil. I put the sheet into the oven at 275 degrees for 2-3 hours. Then, once the tomatoes have cooled, I freeze them in quart sized freezer bags. When it comes time to make pizza sauce, or spaghetti sauce, I simply heat a pan, dice an onion and add it with some olive oil to the pan, then add a bag of the frozen tomatoes. In about 20 minutes I have yummy sauce. You can add peppers and basil and other things as well. Enjoy!
