Questions around preparing or cooking with tomatoes, along with selecting appropriate varieties
Tomatoes are considered as vegetables for culinary purposes despite that botanically they are fruits.
Resources:
- Solanum lycopersicum Wikispecies entry.
Questions tagged [tomatoes]
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Forgot to acidify tomato sauce
I have 6 pint jars of tomato meat sauce, which includes shredded carrots, onions and ground pork sausage. I forgot to add citric acid this time around, but did process at 11psi for 60 minutes.
Is there any danger to consuming the tomato sauce…
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Fresh lime juice vs. bottled for canning tomatoes
After I canned some tomatoes using fresh lime juice, I noticed the recipe called for bottled. Will this batch be shelf safe?
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Is it safe to can tomato sauce after refrigerating it?
For my first adventure in canning, I had planned to make an arrabiata sauce and give it a hot-water bath.
I finished making the sauce around 11 p.m. before I realized I didn't have citric acid -- or even lemon juice -- to add to the jars.
So I ended…
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Can I substitute ketchup with tomato puree in marinades?
I want to experiment with various marinades the first time, and I've found great recipes but some of them require the use of ketchup.
While it sounds awesome, I find it unhealthy and prefer not to buy ketchup only for the sake or marinades. Can I…
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How to remove salt from sun-dried tomatoes
I have a large packet of sun-dried tomatoes, the type that are preserved dry with salt rather than the type sold in jars covered with olive or sunflower oil. It's a large packet so I don't want to throw them out but they are much saltier than the…
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How much extra water and time is needed when cooking rice with a tomato-based liquid/semi-liquid too?
I have a number of rice dishes that use tomato-based liquids (tomato soup or tomato sauce) or semi-liquids (tomato paste) as part of the cooking process.
I use the amount of water called for on the bag of rice (typically a 1.5 to 1.75 ratio of water…
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Reducing acidity in Northern Indian Cuisine (chana masala)
I have been buying various spice mixes to make Pakistani/North Indian food myself. My issue is that in dishes with yoghurt and/or tomatoes, the end result always winds up being too sour. It happens with my karahis and also, most annoyingly, with…
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Pressure canning tomato paste
I'd like to can some homemade tomato paste with my pressure canner. I prefer to can under pressure because of the reduced time required & increased safety due to higher processing temps. However I have only been able to find recipes and research for…
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Canned Tomatoes
How can I get rid of the metallic taste of canned tomatoes? I’m making salsa and needed extra tomatoes. I decided to use some canned tomatoes. Now my salsa has a metallic taste. Please help.
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Can you preserve/can tomatoes of various sizes together?
I am new to canning and have a water bath canner. I have successfully (well...I think!) canned/jarred several dozen bread-and-butter pickles following a recipe I found in the official Ball Canning & Preserving Guide.
I am now trying to…
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How to get rid of Garlic taste in tomato sauce
Hi I have added some garlic paste in tomato sauce now it tastes somehow a little strange how to get rid of that?
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How can I make my tomato-herb pasta sauce a lighter color?
I've been making a simple tomato sauce using tomato puree, basil, oregano, dried pasilla peppers, and garlic (as well as the left-over bits from cooking beef meatballs in the same pot). The flavor is good, but the sauce is visually very dark: a dark…
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On what temperature should I leave my sauce to cook?
I decided to cook a pizza sauce. I know that the longer you leave it on your stove, the better it might taste. I want to leave my sauce on the stove for an hour or so. At what temperature should I keep it?
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Canned tomatoes with too much vinegar
I canned some tomatoes using vinegar but now the taste in my pasta sauce is too acidic. Is there anything I can do to correct this in my sauce?
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Washing vegetables that I accidentally threw moldy tomato sauce on safe?
So I was frying some mushrooms and was gonna put tomato sauce/passata on it but I didn't realize it was moldy until I squeezed it out of the box and onto the mushrooms. I immediately put everything in a strainer and washed the mushrooms with hot…
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