1/2 a bushel of plum tomatoes
ANy suggestions on what I could do in terms of long term use?.. other than oven dried tomatoes?
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ANy suggestions on what I could do in terms of long term use?.. other than oven dried tomatoes?
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Put it in the oven on low heat, around 250, higher if you are in a hurry. But you shouldn't be. This can take 6 hours or more to melt down to a point where there is very little liquid in the pan. Put it through a food mill. Freeze it. I regularly made this when I was teaching full time and had to go back to school just as the tomato explosion hit (this being Maine). If you are overwhelmed with tomatoes and work, this recipe, such as it is, will save your life. In the winter, you can add basil or anything else to this to jazz it up, but right now, it should be, as Thoreau (who did not raise tomatoes) said, "Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity."
I make pasta sauce and can it - my favorite recipe is http://www.animalvegetablemiracle.com/recipes-summer-family-secret-tomato-sauce.htm
I make tomato paste http://food52.com/recipes/14681_homemade_tomato_paste and freeze it
I dehydrate tomatoes and reconstitute them all winter in soups, for salads ...
Also, ketchup....
And tomato soup....
If you have a dehydrator, you could dry tomatoes. Good crumbled over salad in winter....
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