I can freeze tomatoes before I can them, right?

[punkin]

I want to do sauce and juice this year. My tomatoes are coming in sporadically - too many to eat and not enough for a cooker full.

I'm thinking I can leave them whole, toss in a freezer bag and put in the freeze. Can I can peel, core and freeze them for later use?

 

[SKR8PN]

We peel them, core them and freeze them until we have enough for a large batch, and we do this every year. Go for it!

 

[Beekissed]

Actually, if you freeze them whole...you take them out to thaw and they will peel themselves for you! The peeling just falls off in your hand.

 

[patandchickens]

Yup, as Beekissed says it can actually be *easier* to do it that way (like, on purpose) if you have the freezer space available for a little while

Have fun,

Pat

 

[SKR8PN]

Actually, if you freeze them whole...you take them out to thaw and they will peel themselves for you! The peeling just falls off in your hand.

I just LOVE this place!! That would be sooooo much easier than scalding them to peel them!!!

 

[Mackay]

Thanks! I really needed to know this!

 

[punkin]

Actually, if you freeze them whole...you take them out to thaw and they will peel themselves for you! The peeling just falls off in your hand.

I do have the freezer space. I didn't know that about the peeling falling off when they thaw. I went ahead and scalded the few that I had. That is good to know.

Ya'll are so smart.

 

[user251]

just when i felt like i knew alot about canning and stuff you have to go and smash my fragile male ego :/ . i had no idea you could freeze the peelings off a mater. we always had so many we just always scalded them. what else can you freeze the peelings off of?

 

[punkin]

 

[TanksHill]

Ok so your probably going to think I am crazy but..... Last year I had tomatoes ripe and had never done sauce before. I did not want to peel so I got to thinking... No it didn't hurt.

Anyways I have a whole foods blender. A blend-tech from when I had to puree everything after dh mouth surgery. I pulled out the recipe book and there was a tom sauce. It has some seasoning, a bit of onion and tom paste in it. I made about ten batches. Poured them all in a big pot on the stove for flavor consistency then canned it. The good thing here was that you do not peel the tomatoes.

I think the sauce turned out great. I never had any problems with it and the flavor was mild enough to use in many recipe's.

what do ya think? Any reason you have to peel them????