How to freeze tomatoes

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 3 hr 30 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to freeze tomatoes? Prepare tomatoes for freezing. Choose only the best, strong, whole fruits without blemishes. Too juicy will not work - if you plan to cut them. Wash the tomatoes well.

2. STEP 2

   

   The same goes for cherry tomatoes. Sort through them, leaving only the best fruits without wormholes or dents. Wash them in cold water.

3. STEP 3

   

   Place the washed tomatoes in a colander, allowing excess liquid to drain. Then dry them with paper towels.

4. STEP 4

   

   Do the same with cherry tomatoes.

5. STEP 5

   

   The easiest way to freeze tomatoes is to do it without slicing. Place small clean and dry fruits in a convenient form in one layer so that they do not touch each other. Place in the freezer. As soon as the fruits are frozen, place them in a suitable container. These can be plastic bags, food containers. And store in the freezer.

6. STEP 6

   

   Small fruits freeze quickly, literally in an hour.

7. STEP 7

   

   Preparing tomatoes, cut into thin slices, is suitable for pizza fans. There's nothing complicated here. First, cut off the excess parts from the tomatoes. Then cut them into slices 0.5-0.7 mm thick. Cover the tray with parchment paper and place the slices on it so that they do not touch each other. And put it in the freezer.

8. STEP 8

   

   After an hour, the slices are ready to be moved into a container convenient for storage (in plastic bags or containers, tightly closed).

9. STEP 9

   

   The cutting of tomatoes may be different. For example, slices or slices. It depends on what you most often use vegetables for: salads, stews, sauces, appetizers. Cut clean and dry fleshy tomatoes into pieces or slices of the shape you need and freeze. Then store in the freezer, packed in a convenient container.

10. STEP 10

    

    Slices of large tomatoes take longer to freeze - they need 2-2.5 hours. Cover the container tightly with a lid and store in the freezer.

11. STEP 11

    

    If you cut cherry tomatoes into slices, they will freeze in literally 20 minutes.

12. STEP 12

    

    An equally convenient way to store frozen tomato products is in the form of juice or puree. Any fruit goes here, preferably juicier ones. Puree them any way you like. Then you can pour it into bags or small plastic bottles. Or freeze them in an ice cube tray and then keep them in a bag in the freezer.

13. STEP 13

    

    You can freeze tomato juice or puree in large form. For example, in baking molds, in disposable plastic dishes or foil dishes.

14. STEP 14

    

    The juice, poured into a small container, set in me after an hour and a half. Before removing it, hold the bottom of the dish under running hot water for a few seconds.

15. STEP 15

    

    This is what frozen tomato juice looks like from a larger mold. Store this in the freezer in a bag or container.

16. STEP 16

    

    Choose any method that suits you for freezing tomatoes whole, in pieces, in the form of juice or puree. Focus on how exactly you will use your preparations.

Comments on the recipe

Aselek

16.11.2023

4.5

I'll freeze it, thanks. And if the freezer is already full, and there are still a lot of tomatoes, prepare something for the winter - chili ketchup. It will come in handy!

Moderator Ksenia

16.11.2023

5

During the season of vegetables and fruits, information on how to preserve them longer is very relevant. Including how to freeze tomatoes. I think freezing is generally a great way to preserve anything. I froze tomatoes (I used cherry ones) in four types: whole, cut in half, tomato juice and the remaining pulp. When freezing, I use cutting boards and always wrap them in cling film. It is easy to remove frozen food from it (be it vegetables, fruits or even meat), and the board itself does not need to be washed afterwards. I made tomato juice using a juicer. The juice and the resulting pulp were sent into plastic boxes, the bottom and walls of which were also covered with cling film. After everything was frozen, I simply pulled out the “tomato ice creams” along with the cling film, wrapped them in bags and put them in the freezer. Freezing is a great way to preserve tomatoes. In the future I will use them for stews, pizza, sauces.