Tomatoes are always relevant on the table and are a great addition to many dishes. There are a lot of ways of canning tomatoes, and one of them: tomatoes in their own juice.
Tomatoes in their own juice are not only very tasty in themselves, but serve as a dressing for many dishes: pizza, pasta, soups and much more.
Due to the fact that vinegar is not used in the preparation of this snack, the tomatoes retain their original taste.
Tomatoes have an amazing property: they retain most of the nutrients during canning. Therefore, tomatoes in their own juice are the best option to get a set of vitamins in winter.
Tomatoes in their own juice
Ingredients:
- Medium tomatoes – 2 kg.
- Large tomatoes – 2 kg.
- Water – 1 liter
- Salt – 1 tbsp l.
- Sugar – 1 st.
Wash the tomatoes. On small tomatoes, make punctures at the base with a toothpick or a thick needle, arrange in jars. Boil water and pour jars of tomatoes into it, drain it after 10-15 minutes.
Cut large tomatoes into quarters and place in a deep saucepan. Put it on medium heat and when the juice starts to stand out, make the fire stronger so that the juice begins to boil, while the tomatoes must be constantly stirred so that they do not burn.
When the amount of juice becomes maximum, throw the resulting mass into a sieve and rub to separate the skins and seeds.
Put the tomato juice over low heat and bring to a boil, adding salt and sugar. Boil the juice for 25 minutes, stirring constantly.
Pour hot juice into jars with tomatoes and close hermetically with lids.
Tomatoes in tomato and vegetable sauce
Ingredients:
- Tomatoes – 2 kg.
- Luk – 1 No.
- Carrots – 1 pieces.
- Bulgarian pepper – 1 pc.
- Tomato paste – 200 gr.
- Salt – 1,5 tbsp l.
- Sugar – 1 st. l.
- Vinegar – 1 tsp
- Water – 2 l.
Wash all vegetables. Cut onions, carrots and peppers into circles and place on the bottom of clean jars. Put the tomatoes on top, in which you must first make punctures in the area of the stalk.
Boil water in a saucepan, add tomato paste, salt, sugar and at the very end – vinegar.
Pour the tomato sauce over the jars and close the airtight lids.
Tomatoes in their own juice without skin
Ingredients:
- Tomatoes – 2 kg.
- Sugar – 2 st. l.
- Salt – 1 tbsp l.
- Dill – 1 branch
- Water – 1 l.
Wash the tomatoes, pour over boiling water, remove the skin from them. Put in a saucepan, add salt, sugar and dill and cook for 15 minutes, until the juice begins to stand out.
Arrange the tomatoes in jars and close hermetically with lids.
Tomatoes in their own juice
Ingredients:
- Tomatoes – 5 kg.
- Salt – 2 tbsp l.
- Sugar – 2 st. l.
- Water – 2 l.
Wash the tomatoes. Take 2/3 of the tomatoes, put them in a saucepan, boil with boiling water, peel them off.
The other part of the tomatoes, cut into large pieces and mince. Pour the pasta into a saucepan, bring to a boil, add salt and sugar and cook for 15 minutes.
Arrange the skinless tomatoes in jars, pour hot tomato paste and close hermetically with lids.
Spicy tomatoes in their own juice
Ingredients:
- Tomatoes – 1 kg.
- Celery stalk – 1 pc.
- Peppercorns – 6 pcs.
- Salt – 1 tbsp l.
- Sugar – 1 st. l.
- Tabasco – 2-3 drops
- Dill – 5 branches
- Parsley – 5 branches
- Water – 1 l.
Wash the tomatoes. Boil with boiling water and remove the skin. Put in a liter jar exactly as much as fits. Cut the remaining tomatoes into small pieces. Put them in a saucepan and when the tomatoes begin to secrete juice, add salt and sugar.
Chop celery and herbs finely. Add them to the sauce, along with the tabasco and pepper. Cook for 10 minutes over low heat. Throw on a sieve, wipe, pour back into a saucepan and bring to a boil. Pour tomato paste over the tomatoes in a jar.
The jar can be sealed and stored.
It is always pleasant to have a jar of homemade tomatoes in your own juice in the fridge, as this is not only a good snack, but also a dressing with which you can prepare a variety of dishes. On our site you can find many recipes for cooking tomatoes in your own juice.
More tomato recipes can be found in our Recipes section.