underprocessed tomato sauce

15 years ago

Oops, I canned 6 quarts of spaghetti sauce yesterday and just realized that I hot-water processed it for 25 minutes instead of 45. any suggestions on what to do now?

It's meatless of course. Ten lbs of Roma tomatoes, 3 onions, 2 peppers, spices, and 1 cup lemon juice, well-boiled then thickened with 22 oz of tomato paste.

So will the extra lemon juice make it safe? Must I reprocess, and if so can I just remove the lids, heat 'em in the microwave, then re-lid and process just 20 min?

Thanks,

...Terry in Ontario

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bb
15 years ago
open 'em, dump 'em in a big pot, bring to boil, boil about 10 mins to keep any pathogens at bay, wash, clean, steralize jars again, and start over repacking hot jars. add the required lemon juice (better safe then sorry, I don't think it will alter the flavor too much) use new lids and boil water can for the required amount of time.
digdirt2
15 years ago
Ten lbs of Roma tomatoes, 3 onions, 2 peppers, spices, and 1 cup lemon juice, well-boiled then thickened with 22 oz of tomato paste.

What is the source of your recipe? Every approved tomato sauce recipe that includes onions and peppers that I know of requires pressure canning.

Would love to have one that includes low-acid vegetables that could be BWB canned but I don't think there is one.

Dave
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