How to Can Whole Tomatoes | San Marzano
Lots of tomatoes from your garden? You can can whole tomatoes and process them later. Use them in your favorite dishes.
Equipment
- Quart Canning Jars with bands and lids
Ingredients
- San Marzano tomatoes, washed
- lemon juice
Instructions
- Take the washed tomatoes and cut off the tops of the tomatoes.
- Discard the tops and place the tomatoes into a pot.
- Once you have filled the pot with tomatoes, fill with water and heat until the tomatoes blister.
- Remove from the heat, placing the tomatoes into a bowl to cool so you can handle, but not cold.
- Warm up water in the canner while processing tomatoes.
- Remove the skins from the tomatoes and place them into sterilized jars.
- We have found that if the tomatoes are slightly cool, you can squeeze the tomato from the bottom and it will slip out of the skin easily into the jar.
- Fill the jars, leaving 1 inch head space.
- Place 1 Tablespoon of lemon juice in each quart.
- Wipe the rim with a clean wet sterile towel and place a seal on. Hand tighten the band onto the jar
- Place the filled jars into the water bath canner.
- Process the tomatoes 40 minutes for quarts, 35 minutes for pints, adjusting for your elevation if needed.
- Turn off heat, allow the jars to sit 5 minutes and remove.
- Check to make sure the jars have sealed (the seal will not pop when you push it in the middle).
- Label and date the jars.
- Store in your pantry until needed with the bands removed.