How to freeze tomatoes

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to freeze tomatoes? Prepare the tomatoes for freezing. Choose only the best, strong, whole fruits without flaws. Too juicy won't do - if you plan to slice them. Wash the tomatoes well.

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   The same goes for cherry tomatoes. Sort them out, leaving only the best fruits without wormholes, dents. Wash them in cold water.

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   Throw the washed tomatoes into a colander, letting the excess liquid drain. Then dry them with paper towels.

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   Do the same with cherry tomatoes.

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   The easiest way to freeze tomatoes is to do it without slicing. Put small clean and dry fruits in a convenient form in one layer so that they do not touch each other. Put it in the freezer. As soon as the fruits are frozen, put them in a suitable container. These can be plastic bags, food containers. And store it in the freezer.

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   Small fruits freeze quickly, literally in an hour.

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   Harvesting tomatoes cut into thin slices will suit pizza fans. There's nothing complicated here. First, cut off the excess parts from the tomatoes. Then cut them into slices 0.5-0.7 mm thick. Having covered the tray with parchment paper, spread the slices on it so that they do not touch each other. And put it in the freezer.

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   After an hour, the slices are ready to be moved to a convenient storage container (in plastic bags or containers, tightly closed).

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    Slicing tomatoes can be different. For example, slices or slices. It depends on what you use vegetables for more often: salads, stews, sauces, snacks. Cut clean and dry fleshy tomatoes into pieces or slices of the shape you need and freeze. Then store in the freezer, packed in a convenient container.

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    Slices of large tomatoes freeze longer - they need 2-2.5 hours. Cover the container tightly with a lid and store in the freezer.

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    If you cut cherry slices, they will freeze in literally 20 minutes.

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    An equally convenient way to store frozen tomato products is in the form of juice or puree. There are any fruits here, preferably more colorful. Purify them in any way. After that, you can pour it into bags, small plastic bottles. Or freeze them in an ice-making container and then keep them in a shared bag in the freezer.

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    You can freeze tomato juice or mashed potatoes in a large form. For example, in baking molds, in disposable plastic dishes or foil dishes.

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    The juice, poured into a small container, seized me after an hour and a half. Before removing it, hold the bottom of the dishes for a few seconds under a stream of hot water.

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    This is how frozen tomato juice looks from a larger mold. Store it in the freezer in a bag or container.

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    Choose any method that suits you for freezing tomatoes whole, in pieces, in the form of juice or puree. Focus on how exactly you will use your blanks.