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Freezing cubes of tomato paste
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fresh or dried herbs to taste.
Cool the pulp thoroughly
before adding to your freezer
bags.
You can bottle tomatoes in
the same way that you would
fruit or other vegetables. You
can also pickle them, on their
Bottled tomatoes
own or with
other vegetables.
Tomato paste is
easy to make
and can be
frozen for up to
six months or so
before the taste
begins to
change. Chop
the tomatoes
into relatively small pieces so
that they will break down
easier. If you want a rich
tomato flavour, you can
actually leave the seeds and
peelings intact although you
will need to strain them
through a sieve before you
freeze. Cook the tomatoes
over medium to low heat and
add a half a teaspoon of
salt for every five or so
tomatoes that you are
going to cook. You just
have to continue cooking
until you get a pasty
consistency. Once
achieved, cool the paste
and fill ice cube trays for
IN THE KITCHEN
freezing. Once they are
for chutney using the green
frozen, simply remove from
produce.
the trays and store in a freezer If you still have tomato plants
bag.
but are anxious that the frost
Sometimes at the end of the
will hammer them, uproot
season the tomato
plants begin to die off
before all the tomatoes have ripened. You
can pick the green
tomatoes and store
them on a shelf,
preferably in a cool
room. They will
Fried green tomatoes
gradually ripen. Or
there are many recipes
the whole tomato vine, shake
that use green tomatoes. You off the dirt and hang the
can make fried green
plants upside down indoors.
tomatoes or simply roast
The fruit will then ripen in its
them. There are many recipes own time.
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