How to make and freeze Fresh Tomato Puree
Here is how
to turn the fresh tomatoes into puree and preserve the puree to use later without
adding any chemical preservatives.
For home
made puree of tomatoes choose nice red pulpy tomatoes.
Puree in
three steps only
Blanch, Peel and crush…..
Blanching is a process to first partially cook
vegetables like tomatoes, peas, spinach etc in hot boiling water for few minutes
and then immediately transferring them to cold water.
This hot to
cold water transfer process makes skin peeling easier and it preserves the
color and nutrition of vegetables.
How to make
puree step by step
1)
Choose red color tomatoes. First of
all rinse and wash them in water .
2)
Make a cut on the top of
tomatoes.This will make peeling easier.
3)
Boil water in a pan. When it start
boiling slide all the tomatoes in it and boil it for approximately 3 minutes.
4)
Turn off the flame.
5)
Remove tomatoes from hot water and
slide them in cold water for 2 minutes. Drain the water and transfer into a
plate.
6)
Peel all the tomatoes and cut the
stems also.
7)
Transfer them into blender or mixer
grinder. Grind it and your puree is ready .
How to store
You can store it in the form of ice cubes in ice trey.
Note:- Use the cubes as and when needed. Take out the needed no of cubes
from the freezer and use as you wish.
Once you de-freeze the puree cubes use them up. Do not re -freeze as it will not taste like original.
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