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Implications for canning a yellow tomato sauce?

11 years ago

For whatever reason, this year my sun sugar plants are producing like mad. Not that I'm complaining. However, I've dehydrated what I need for the year, and I can't eat fresh everything that's left, much less everything more that's still on the way. I'm thinking of making a yellow tomato sauce and canning it up. I'm curious as to whether or not there's any guidelines that account for the differing acidity of the yellow tomatoes, and also if there's any faster tricks than blanching each one for removing the skins from cherry tomatoes (I don't have a foley mill, yet).

Comments (3)

  • 11 years ago

    No special implications really as their pH is actually pretty much the same as all other tomatoes (all tomatoes fall within the same +/- 0.2 - 0.4 tenths of pH). Just add the required amount of acid as you would for red sauce.

    As for the peels, some just include them in the puree, some will roast them, cool, and peel, some will freeze them, thaw and peel but using a mill is definitely the easiest.

    If you are looking to invest in a mill check out all the discussions here about the various types. Foley mills are not the ideal, less expensive true but better products that deliver a higher quality sauce are available.

    Dave


  • 11 years ago

    Been there, done that, in several ways. First, before I had a Victorio/Roma style mill, I blanched my abundant cherry toms and then shocked in cold water to make the peels come off, but I still hand peeled them! If you do that, I would suggest wearing protective plastic gloves because my hands were raw from the acid after all that time. I also made sauce with a Foley style mill to remove the skin and seeds. NEVER again! My mother, bless her, gave me a Roma mill for Christmas a couple of years ago, and I have never regretted that purchase. If you are a tomato sauce fan, and make applesauce, like I do, it is well worth the investment just for those two things alone, not to mention what you can do with berries, squash, etc. And while I know that yellow toms aren't particularly low acid, they have such a lovely flavor, to me it was a shame to alter it with adding lemon juice. I made a fresh tomato sauce with it and froze it last year. It was super delicious upon thawing this year. I didn't use the Roma mill on that sauce, I hand-peeled, but that was because I only had enough for a relatively small batch.

  • 11 years ago

    I find that adding citric acid instead of lemon juice doesn't affect the flavor of tomatoes nearly as much. I canned a lovely soup last year with Great White Tomatoes and sweet red peppers. I have only three jars left and sadly, my tomatoes are not doing well this year, I don't even have a single Great White ripe yet for seed. Ah well, there's still hope, it'll be in the 80s all week...

    I have a Squeezo, it's so much easier than a Foley if you're doing very many tomatoes, I highly recommend it.

    Annie

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