Cherry tomatoes in tomato paste

First you need to make homemade tomato paste. To do this, ordinary tomatoes must be rinsed under running water. Then make cross-shaped incisions in the middle of the vegetable and pour boiling water over the tomatoes (you can keep them in boiling water for a couple of minutes). After that, the skin can be picked up from the incised edge and easily removed. Cut the vegetables into four parts and use a blender to grind them into puree. In order for the tomato paste to have a homogeneous consistency, it is better to rub it through a sieve - so the tomato seeds will go away.

Next, you need to cook the sauce for cherry tomatoes. To do this, put the cooked tomato paste in a small saucepan and pour water over it. Add salt and sugar. Put hot red pepper and peppercorns in a saucepan.

Wash the chili pepper. Clean it by removing the stem, seeds and core (when working with chili peppers, it is better to use gloves), and finely chop. Chopped hot pepper is also thrown into a saucepan with sauce.

Stir the contents of the pan, bring it to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes.

Wash cherry tomatoes and gently peel them in the same way as with ordinary tomatoes.

Prepare cans for preservation - wash and sterilize well. To do this, you can use an oven, microwave or just hold the cans over steam.

In hot sterilized jars, carefully (so as not to overwhelm) put the cherry tomatoes so that the tomatoes lie close to each other.

Pour 9% vinegar into each jar. A jar with a capacity of 0.5 liters will take 10 ml of vinegar.

Then pour the tomatoes with the prepared sauce so that all the cherries are covered with it. Close the jars with sterilized lids.

Put a kitchen towel on the bottom of a large saucepan, put the rolled-up jars and pour water at room temperature. Bring everything to a boil over low heat, and sterilize the blanks for another 10-15 minutes.

Put the hot cans of tomatoes on a wooden board upside down and cover with a blanket. Leave it like this until it cools down completely, then put it in a dark, cool place for storage for the whole winter. Enjoy your meal!