Fresh tomatoes sold in stores in winter are usually expensive and tasteless. Therefore, I will tell you how to make an excellent blank - frozen tomatoes with pizza rings. Step by step recipe with photo Video recipe.
Until the season of fresh tomatoes has come to an end and soft and sweet fruits are still sold on store shelves, I advise you to stock up on them for the winter. Of course, defrosted tomato slices are not suitable for salad, but for making pizza, stews, casseroles, sauces - quite. Summer frozen tomatoes will retain their unique taste, aroma and the entire supply of healing vitamins that they originally contained, which cannot be preserved. We will learn how to freeze tomatoes for the winter fresh and store in the cold.
Such frozen tomatoes in rings can be directly frozen, put on pizza dough, add ham, sprinkle with cheese chips and send to bake in the oven. They can also be put in the first course, stewed cabbage, pots, stews, etc. However, frozen tomatoes are a good alternative to homemade homemade borsch dressings and tomato sauces. Indeed, during the cooking process, they will still creep, so you can add them to a variety of hot dishes.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 21 kcal.
- Servings - Any Amount
- Cooking time - 20 minutes of active work
Ingredients:
Tomatoes - any quantity
Step by step cooking frozen tomatoes with pizza rings, recipe with photo:
1. Select tomatoes that are firm and firm, but not too tough. Tomatoes should be fresh, without dents, holes and other flaws. Wash the fruit and pat dry with a paper towel.
2. Match the board to the size of the freezer and wrap it in cling film.
3. Cut the tomatoes into 0.5-1 cm thick rings and place on the prepared plate. You can stack tomato slices in several layers on top of each other. In this case, cover each subsequent layer with a layer of cling film or cellophane so that the slices do not stick together into a single lump.
4. Send the tomatoes to the freezer using the "shock" freeze at -23 ° C.
5. When the tomatoes are frozen with the pizza rings, remove them from the board and carefully separate them from each other. Place them in a plastic bag or plastic container and return to the freezer for later storage. Return the freezer mode to the original temperature, while it should not be higher than -15 ° C.
Other ways to freeze tomatoes for the winter in the freezer
- The easiest way to harvest tomatoes for the winter is to freeze the whole fruit. Small varieties such as cherry or small thick-skinned "cream" are suitable for this. This process only requires rinsing, drying, putting the fruits on a baking sheet in one layer and leaving in the freezer until completely frozen. After defrosting, the peel is separated from the tomatoes, therefore they are suitable for making sauces, tomato soups, pasta, sauté, dressings.
- The second way to freeze tomatoes is to pre-cut the washed fruits into cubes, removing the seeds. The pieces are laid out on a dish in one layer and sent to freeze for 10-12 hours.
- Tomato puree is a kind of tomato ice cream. Beat fresh, washed and dried fruits with a blender. The resulting tomato puree can be supplemented with fresh or dried herbs. However, there is no need to salt it. Then the puree is poured into silicone molds or in ice containers and sent for freezing. After completely freezing, the tomato cubes are removed from the molds and poured into a bag or plastic container for storage. You can freeze fresh tomato juice in the same way.
See also a video recipe on how to freeze tomatoes for the winter (three ways).
