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RE: Excess Tomatoes - Freezing?

Posted 323 days ago

You can certainly freeze tomatoes but they will only be able to be used in soups, stews and sauces. They will no longer be firm fresh fruit.

You could make your own tomato sauces for pasta, tomato jam or tomato chutney and relish from your fresh toms. If you have any left after all that then freeze for soups and stews.

RE: Excess Tomatoes - Freezing?

Posted 323 days ago

The tiny tomatoes are nice when they are slightly frozen. Our fridge gets quite cold at the back of it and part of our tiny tomatoes placed in the fridge became frozen. They weren't left in long enough to become mushy - it was quite an unexpected treat.
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RE: Excess Tomatoes - Freezing?

Posted 321 days ago

Do you have to prepare the tomatoes in anyway before you freeze them?

RE: Excess Tomatoes - Freezing?

Posted 309 days ago

Have you thought about sun drying or oven drying your tomatoes? All info avail on the net and apparently cherry tomatoes are the tastiest type to sun dry.

RE: Excess Tomatoes - Freezing?

Posted 273 days ago

Drying the tomatoes will give the best result as far as flavour is concerned. Tomato paste or sauce etc. is good, but freezing fresh tomatoes is a waste, they have no flavour after defrosting.

RE: Excess Tomatoes - Freezing?

Posted 264 days ago

Ripe tomatoes freeze well without preparation in my experience. Thawed, they are mushy but useful, flavoursome and versatile if cooked down carefully with the usual additives: onion, garlic, zucchini (also freezable without preparation) aubergine etc and herbs. Yum!
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