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Tomato juice is not in vain so popular. If it is desirable to eat ordinary fruit juices only as a drink, then tomato juice is very often used in cooking. It is great for making soups, stews, as a dressing for stewing meatballs, cabbage rolls, potatoes, fish. Therefore, many housewives love it.
It’s no secret that purchased analogues are very far from naturalness. And the preservatives added to them completely destroy everything useful. Most often, instead of tomato juice, we get diluted tomato paste. But if you prepare tomato juice for the winter, you can not only enjoy this delicious drink, but also preserve all the beneficial properties.
Making juice for the winter does not take very much time. But do not regret a single minute, because as a result you will get a drink rich in vitamins and minerals that is not scary to give to children. In addition, all useful trace elements are stored in canned form for up to 2 years, and there are a lot of them in tomato juice. It contains a large amount of vitamins A and B, as well as PP, E and C. Minerals are also present: magnesium, phosphorus, iodine, iron, calcium.
Consider how to make tomato juice for the winter easily and inexpensively. And most importantly, by preparing it yourself, you can be sure of the quality of the products and the benefits for the body.
Prepare
To prepare tomato juice for the winter, you need to choose the right tomatoes. Sweet, juicy and always red tomatoes are best suited. Unripe fruits will give the juice bitterness and acidity. Do not choose lettuce tomatoes, they are very meaty and contain little juice.
To determine how much tomato you need, use a ratio of 1:1,5 (one and a half kilograms of tomatoes per liter of the finished product). For classic recipes, only tomatoes and salt are usually used, but you can make the taste brighter by adding garlic, celery, onions, cinnamon, cloves, sweet peppers and other ingredients to your taste.
Tomato juice for the winter without sterilization
For cooking, you need to use a juicer. You will need the following ingredients:
- 9 kilogram of tomatoes;
- 100 gram of sugar;
- salt to taste.
The option of making tomato juice for the winter through a juicer is very simple. Rinse the tomatoes under running water, cut out the middle. Next, cut the tomatoes into 2 parts and pass through a juicer. Pour the gruel into the prepared dishes and set to boil. After the juice has boiled, it must be rubbed with a sieve, add salt and sugar, and put on fire again. Boil for 5 minutes over low heat. Pour hot into sterile jars, roll up. According to the same recipe, you can prepare tomato juice for the winter through a meat grinder.
Tomato puree with pulp
Very tasty preparation for the winter, reminiscent of tomato sauce. It can be used to prepare various dishes, as well as added to prepared food instead of ketchup or sauce. Suitable for meat and fish dishes, side dishes and gravy. Prepared with a blender.
To make tomato puree, you only need 2 ingredients:
- Tomatoes
- Salt.
Selected fresh tomatoes must be washed and the tails removed. Next, cut them into small pieces so that they can easily fit in a blender-juicer. Grind to make a smooth puree. Pour the puree into a suitable saucepan and put on the stove. When the foam rises, remove it with a slotted spoon, and leave the mass to cook over high heat for 25 minutes.
To sterilize the jars, scald them with boiling water or hold them for 5 minutes at maximum power in the microwave. A sign that the juice has boiled will be a change in the color of the foam from white to red. After that, remove the puree from the stove, salt and pour into jars. After seaming, wrap the jars in a blanket and keep it until it cools completely.
Recipe for tomato juice in a slow cooker
This method of preparing tomato juice for the winter is probably the easiest. You do not need to constantly stand over the pan so that the foam does not run away and constantly stir the contents.
To make juice, you will need the following ingredients:
- tomatoes (the amount depends on the capacity of the multicooker);
- salt and pepper to taste;
- granulated sugar.
Wash the tomatoes and cut off the stems. Check if there is any damage. Now they need to be cut and chopped in a combine. Do not worry that the skin is left on the tomatoes, it will completely fray, and you will not even feel it. But, the fiber contained in the peel will remain. Pour all the resulting juice into the multicooker bowl, add salt, granulated sugar and pepper, mix. We set the “quenching” mode on the multicooker and leave it for 40 minutes. We wash and sterilize the jars. We fill them with the resulting tomato product and roll them up. Then, as usual, leave for a day under the covers to cool completely. Store in a cold room.
Tomato juice with bell pepper for the winter
Many people love the combination of tomatoes and bell peppers. The juice from these vegetables is unusual and fragrant. You should choose only red fleshy peppers and juicy ripe tomatoes.
The ingredients indicated in the recipe are designed for 3 liters of finished juice. So, we need:
- 4 kilograms of tomatoes;
- 600 grams of bell pepper;
- 1 bay leaf;
- 3 pcs. allspice;
- 3 tbsp. tablespoons of granulated sugar;
- 2 tbsp. spoons of kitchen salt.
Wash tomatoes and peppers and remove seeds and stalks. We pass the vegetables through the juicer, and the resulting juice is transferred to the prepared pan. We put it on the fire, and put the prepared spices (except salt and sugar) in a gauze bag, and throw it into the pan. So, the juice will completely absorb the aroma of spices, and then nothing will need to be caught. After boiling, add salt and sugar, and leave to cook for 15 minutes over low heat. In the meantime, we are preparing the banks. We turn off the stove, throw out the bag of spices, and start pouring hot juice into sterilized jars. Keep the juice wrapped in a blanket for a day, and then move it to a cool storage room.
Recipe for tomato juice with celery
By adding celery to the juice, you can make it even healthier and tastier. For such an interesting preparation for the winter you will need:
- 1 kg of tomatoes;
- 3 stalks of celery;
- 1 tablespoon salt;
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper.
Be sure to wash the tomatoes and cut off the tails. We use a juicer to make juice out of them.
Pour the liquid into an enamel saucepan and bring to a boil. Add coarsely chopped celery and bring to a boil again. Then all this must be rubbed through a sieve or chopped with a blender. We put it on fire again, and turn it off as soon as the mass boils. Pour into sterilized jars and roll up.
Juice from tomato paste
Such a recipe can help out when there is no way to make blanks. Just make sure you choose the right tomato paste. Very often, harmful additives can be found in the composition of this product. So take only that tomato paste, which contains only tomatoes, salt and water.
For the preparation we need:
- Water.
- Tomato paste.
- Salt, pepper to taste.
For 1 liter of water you will need 4 tablespoons of tomato paste. Just mix everything together, adding spices to taste. If this amount of tomato paste seems insufficient to you, you can add more.
Conclusion
Now we have clearly seen how to prepare tomato juice for the winter. The cooking options are quite simple, so after spending a little time, you can get a product that will be many times tastier and cheaper than the purchased one. And most importantly, vitamins and other useful elements will remain in tomato juice for the winter. How the cooking process takes place in practice can be seen in the video.
