RED TOMATO PRESERVES RECIPE – The Southern Woman Cooks

Tomato Preserves is a superb method to take pleasure in tomatoes all yr. In case you develop tomatoes in the summertime, this can be a recipe you need to attempt. 

❤️WHY YOU WILL LOVE TOMATO PRESERVES

These preserves are candy, made with recent summer season tomatoes and spices, boiled down, put into jars, and thru a water tub for the canning course of. We like to eat this on our cathead biscuits, do-it-yourself sourdough bread, or toast. 

🍴KEY INGREDIENTS

Backyard Contemporary Pink Tomatoes – It is a must-make when you develop recent tomatoes each summer season. We like them to be fairly ripe, however you’ll minimize out rotten elements when you discover any. 

White Granulated Sugar-The sugar is what makes this candy and scrumptious. This may style like jam or jelly after we are accomplished. 

Spices– This recipe makes use of cloves, cinnamon, allspice, and ginger. It’s a great mixture that offers these preserves an exquisite taste.  

🥄EQUIPMENT NEEDED

Jars with lids-this recipe will make 1.5 half pints of tomato preserves. Ensure that your jars are clear. You may simply sterilize them by working them by the dishwasher. 

Boiling Water Canner with Rack –  Boiling water canners have a lid and a rack for holding jars.  The rack is critical to maintain the jars off the underside of the canner throughout the canning course of so that they received’t crack and to permit water to flow into below the jars.

Canning Tongs – You want these to take away the jars from the water tub. 

Canning Funnell – This makes it a lot simpler to fill the jars for the reason that tomato combination shall be extremely popular. Nonetheless, we’ve accomplished it with a ladle. 

Bowls- for slicing up tomatoes, discard peels and core and a pot to combine the tomato components in for cooking. 

🍽️HOW TO MAKE

This course of can sound overwhelming, however when you get it down, it actually comes collectively rapidly. We’re going to provide you with directions on making the preserves and the canning course of as properly.

PREPARATIONS

You may wash canning jars and bands in sizzling water with cleaning soap and rinse or place within the dishwasher.  The spherical self-sealing lids must be ready in response to the producer’s directions on the field.

Begin a pot of water on the range to scald your tomatoes as a way to peel the pores and skin off. This doesn’t should be boiling, however you do need it sizzling. 

In a single aspect of the sink, fill it should chilly water and add ice to it to get it actually chilly. 

You will have a bowl to discard all of the peelings and core. Plus, a bowl to chop up the tomatoes into. 

COOKING STEPS

Step 1:
Place just a few tomatoes within the sizzling water, let sit for about 30 seconds, scoop out with a ladle, and put instantly within the chilly water. Take away from water as soon as cooled, and peel the tomato. It ought to come off very simply. Discard the peel, minimize up the tomato and discard the core. Proceed this course of till all tomatoes are accomplished. 

Step 2: 
Subsequent, weigh the tomatoes and put them in a pan. Tie cinnamon stick, complete cloves, and complete allspice in cheesecloth and add the bag to the pot with chopped tomatoes and different spices.  Be aware* If utilizing floor allspice as an alternative of complete, stir it into the combination.

Step 3:
Convey tomatoes to a boil, stirring often. Cook dinner till syrup is pretty thick. (about an hour at a tough boil). 

Step 4:
Take away the spice bag and ladle into sterilized sizzling jars, leaving about 2 inches on the prime of jar.  Wipe jar rims, add lids and rings. Don’t screw rings on tight.  Have canner prepared with boiling water prepared for jars. 

Step 5
Put jars in canner with canner tongs. Course of jars in a boiling water tub canner for 5 minutes.  Take away from canner with canner tongs. You’ll hear the jar’s seal with a pop. As soon as sealed, tighten rings.  Let sit for twenty-four hours.

⭐TIP

You wish to be certain that the tomato combination thickens up, so it will likely be scrumptious preserves when you find yourself accomplished. You’ll seemingly have far more than 2lbs of tomatoes, so double/triple recipe to your liking. We made 13lbs of tomatoes and had 9 half pint jars.

RECIPE VARIATIONS

You may make this with yellow tomatoes as properly, however we don’t combine them. I’m positive some do, however we do pink and yellow preserves. The style of the tomatoes is just a little completely different. 

WHAT TO SERVE WITH

This tomato preserves is served on something you’ll put jelly or jam on. It’s candy and scrumptious, and we find it irresistible on biscuits. You’ll find it irresistible on our sour cream biscuits. 

❓FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Sourdough Bread

This bread is all the time a success! So good and the stater is very easy!

🥄HOW TO STORE

A superb rule of thumb is most canned jams/preserves processed in a canner shall be good for a yr. When you open a jar, hold it within the fridge. 

 You may double it or triple it; you’ll seemingly wish to. This recipe is for an abundance of tomatoes and you’ll want to take pleasure in your preserves all winter.

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