Tomatoes in their own juice in tomato paste

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr 40 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make tomatoes in your own juice in tomato paste for the winter? Prepare all the necessary ingredients. Wash the tomatoes in running water and place in a colander to drain. For preparation, you can use ready-made tomato paste from the store, but it is better to use homemade one.

2. STEP 2

   

   How to make tomato paste for preparation? The tomatoes from which tomato paste will be made must be peeled. It's easy to do: cut the tomatoes and put them in boiling water for about one minute, cool. Remove the stem attachment point, place the tomatoes in a deep saucepan and puree with an immersion blender until smooth. If you don't have a blender, you can mince the tomatoes and rub them through a sieve.

3. STEP 3

   

   Pour water into the tomato puree. Add sugar and salt, chopped hot pepper and a few black peppercorns. Wash and dry the hot peppers, using gloves to prevent the pepper from burning your hands. Cut it into thin circles or in another way. Place the pan on the stove, turn on the heat and bring to a boil. Cook over medium heat for about 10 minutes. We will need boiling tomato in the next steps.

4. STEP 4

   

   Prepare jars for the preparation. Rinse them with water and baking soda and place them in a cold oven upside down. Turn on the oven to 150 degrees and sterilize 1 liter jars at this temperature for 15 minutes. Wash the lids and boil or sterilize in the oven with jars. You can use another proven method of sterilization: steam or microwave.

5. STEP 5

   

   Some housewives also remove the skin from tomatoes that are marinated in their own juice. But so that they still feel like real tomatoes in the sauce, and not tomato mush, I recommend leaving them whole. Wash the tomatoes for pickling in running water, dry and prick each one into the stem with a toothpick so that they do not burst. Peel the onions, wash, dry and cut into halves of rings.

6. STEP 6

   

   Place the tomatoes in the prepared jars and place the onions between them. Send the bay leaf there too. Pour one tablespoon of vinegar into each 1 liter jar. The amount of vinegar should not be reduced in order to preserve the preservative properties of the workpiece. Pour boiling tomato paste over the tomatoes up to the shoulders of the jar.

7. STEP 7

   

   Place the jars with the preparation in a pan of water with a cloth on the bottom; the water should reach the shoulders of the jars. Place on the fire and sterilize for about 15 minutes from the moment it boils over medium heat. Roll up the jars with lids, turn them upside down and wrap them in a warm blanket or blanket. Let cool completely at room temperature. Place the cooled jars in a cold pantry for storage until winter. Bon appetit!