Sauce Freezing Question
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need to freeze tomatoes and want to make a spaghetti sauce
Comments (2)Sammy - all the info you need can be found at NCHFP for starters. I'll link it for you below. Freezing them is no problem. I prefer to core them first since it is easier but it isn't required. You can do it when they thaw and you are removing the skins. As to how to make sauce - there are many ways to do it if you mean to use it for fresh eating - a blender work fine if you don't mind seeds in it or you can just cook it on top the stove after straining out the seeds. If you want to can the sauce after making it then another set of guidelines will apply so we need to know what your plans are. As the tomatoes thaw let them drain in a colander to remove much of the water. Roasting is another way and gives you a very different taste. Lots of recipes for making tomato sauce are also available over on the Cooking forums and Recipe Exchange forum. Dave Here is a link that might be useful: Tomato preserving instructions...See Morefreezing spaghetti sauce question
Comments (5)harriet, welcome! congratulations on your tomato bonanza. No, you don't have to "pressure cook" the tomato sauce if you're going to freeze it. You can just make it --- any recipe you want, including meat, veggies, whatever, if it's to be frozen --- cook it as much as you like till it's how you want it, then put it into containers and freeze it. ("Pressure canning" and "Water bath canning" are for if you want to store the sauce in jars that do NOT go in the freezer --- just stay on the shelf, like jars from the store. If you want to try that, then you need to follow a tested recipe to be sure that it's safe for home caninng. Get the Ball Blue Book for a start! But if you are going to freeze it, you can make any recipe you want.) Yes, the containers can be regular canning jars. But they don't have to be jars at all --- they can be almost anything, in fact: little plastic tubs with snap-on lids, or even freezer bags wit the tops close tightly. BUT whatever you use, be sure to leave a little extra space at the top (like a half inch) because the sauce will expand a bit when it freezes and you don't want to pop the top off! You should let the sauce cool to almost room temperature before freezing it just so it doesn't warm up your freezer too much. You can let it cool first, then put it in the containers --- I find this easier than pouring in hot sauce. Your steps are fine. You probably want to cut out the tough "core" in the top centre of each tomato when you chop it. If you don't like the seeds you can take those out too at that time, but some people don't care (I leave 'em in). Hope this helps. Welcome to the forum. Good luck with yoru tomato sauce project! Zabby...See MoreFreezing Sauce with Milk Ingredient
Comments (4)Not exactly sauce, but I know you can freeze milk. Once froze some buttermilk left-over from some recipe... WHY is the smallest container of buttermilk a quart?!? When it thawed, looked curdled... I tossed it. Found out later a spin in blender or vigorous whisking would have brought it back....See MoreCan I freeze no-cook cranberry sauce?
Comments (9)I do it all the time for use with poultry year round. In October when the cranberries first hit the stores, I reasoned they were at their freshest from harvest and bought over ten pounds to freeze. I freeze the whole bag, i bought two pound bags. Then I make the same recipe as you do, stir everything together and let it mascerate for about a half hour. I freeze it in 8 ounce freezer containers. When I am ready to use it, I take it out a few hours ahead to defrost or even defrost it in the refrigerator a day ahead. I would be surprised if you could find fresh cranberries in the stores now. They are out of season here in California till next October. I love to stir a spoonful of the cranberry relish into plain or vanilla yogurt too....See Moreweed30 St. Louis
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