Freezing Tomatoes

Freezing tomatoes is a great way to store tomatoes to use all winter long. Great in soups or stews, freezing tomatoes help stretch the summer a bit longer. In this easy recipe, Rita shows you how to freeze and use tomatoes from your garden.

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Howto & Style

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• Tomatoes
• tomato
• freezing
• stew
• winter
• garden

[janyefer]

hi Rita, i am new at freezing. i did like you said . i freezed them and then took the skin off and then baged them in freezer bags. will they be ok. thanks for the tip, jenny ward indianapolis indiana.

[RecipeCook]

So you froze them, took the skins off and froze them again? I don't refreeze them again. They'll still be OK to eat like that but normally you don't refreeze the tomatoes since they'll be a texture change, etc. But like I said, they're still OK/safe to eat.

My aunt just chunks up tomatoes, skin and all and blends them up. She freezes them in containers that way and they're ready to go in soups, stews, etc. ~Rita

[Douguardian]

Hey Rita, I've watched your video and it looks like something I might try. I'm a big fan of growing, eating, canning, and sharing tomatoes. I put up more that 60 quarts a year but have never froze them. My mother would blanch, skin and freese her tomatoes but I've always heard that if the tomatoe drops below 50 degress that its flavor would turn off ... forever. What say you.?

[RecipeCook]

I know what you mean - in a perfect world, canned tomatoes to me are the best if you have time too do that. Re freezing: I've done both - blanch, skin & then freeze and also freeze w/o blanching & skinning like in the video. They taste the same to me.~Rita

[dankdraper]

Rita, what do you consider "freezer safe storage." Freezer bag? What would we do without YouTube.

[RecipeCook]

Freezer bags are great, as are other freezable containers. I agree about YouTube! ~Rita

[PaladinswordSaurfang]

It is pronounced tomato not tomato.

[VolpeRossauk]

Have u tried defrosting these fully without cooking them? I would like to see if they sustain there structure and flavour that way

[Illchangeitlater]

The big tomatoes I get, but why on earth would you freeze cherry tomatoes??? You make sauce with a gazilion tiny tomatoes?

[ritah2108]

I freeze them hard in a single layer on a cookie sheet uncovered first. That way, they keep their shape. Then, I put them in suitable freezer containers.

Rita

[heomak]

@RecipeCook when you freeze the tomatoes in the freezer, do you put them in a zip lock bag or do you just put it naked exposed to the cold in the freezer?

[PopiMchael]

Rita, That was great thank you.

[gollumthedog]

guess it's time I started doing this!!!