Has anyone canned or bottled tomato concentrate, or can anyone advise me about the safety of this?
Usually I freeze tomato concentrate in icecube trays, but this summer I wanted to pressure can it – but am wondering about the safety of this. I’ve read that modern tomatoes are borderline for acidity so you can add citric acid to the bottles before canning, but still wasn’t sure if it was safe because the concentrate will be so thick – have also read that very dense foods can stop the safe temperatures being reached in canning?
And if anyone in the Toowoomba area would like a few heirloom tomato seedlings let me know, we have a little overflow of them!
Lady B can i ask for a recipe for the mulled wine please???:D
I havent thought of doing tomato paste in the bottles. I do pasta sauce which is so easy. I do put a teaspoon of citric acid in each jar when i bottle them up (because thats what the recipe says).
how long would you be able to keep them assuming they were bottled properly etc? We would probably use a large jar every month or two.
df418 how do you test the ph? would litmus paper work?
If you mean Glass jars & Boiling Water Bath for 40 minutes (I think without looking at our book). Would easily last 12 months possibly 2 years. use common sense, if its mouldy throw it. Chances are you are going to cook the sauce (bring to boil for 10 minutes) so any nasties are toast anyway.
We use an electronic PH meter (cost about $20.00 from DSE)
WARNING: I have been known to get rather “merry” on this. You have been warned!
4 thin orange slices
8 thin lemon slices
8 cloves
3 cinnamon sticks
pinch nutmeg
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup water
1 bottle (750 ml) red wine
1/2 cup brandy
Put orange and lemon slices, cloves, cinnamon sticks, nutmet, sugar and water into saucepan, bring to a simmer, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Add wine and heat almost to simmer, but don’t boil. Stir in brandy. Strain into heated mugs and serve hot.
This is the most wonderfully warming drink when you’ve just come in from a freezing cold day. Warming, and very, very addictive!
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