Sunday, August 27, 2017

Tomato Sauce 2017

We picked the first round of tomatoes and for lack of time they were made into just tomato sauce.





We ran the tomatoes through the fruit strainer on our kitchen aid mixer.  Thicked in batches in a heavy stainless pot they finished thickening in the oven on the crock pot setting overnight.

Pint:
• ¼ tsp Citric Acid or 1 Tbsp bottled lemon juice

Quart:
• ½ tsp Citric Acid or 2 Tbsp bottled lemon juice


Ladle hot sauce into prepared jars, leaving 1/2 inch headspace. Remove air bubbles and adjust headspace, if necessary, by adding hot sauce. Wipe rim. Center lid on jar. Screw band down until resistance is met, then increase to fingertip-tight.
Place jars in canner, ensuring they are completely covered with water. Bring to a boil and process pint jars for 35 minutes and quart jars for 40 minutes.

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