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Tomato juice is so popular for a reason. If it is desirable to eat ordinary fruit juices only as a drink, then tomato is very often used in cooking. It is great for soups, stews, as a dressing for stewing meatballs, cabbage rolls, potatoes, fish. Therefore, many housewives love him.
It's no secret that purchased counterparts are very far from natural. And the preservatives added to them completely destroy everything useful. Most often, instead of tomato juice, we get diluted tomato paste. But if you prepare tomato juice for the winter, then you can not only enjoy this delicious drink, but also preserve all the beneficial properties.
Juicing for the winter does not take very long. But do not regret a single minute, because as a result you will get a drink rich in vitamins and minerals, which is not scary to give to children. In addition, all useful trace elements are preserved in canned form for up to 2 years, and there are a lot of them in tomato juice. It contains a large amount of vitamins A and B, as well as PP, E and C. There are also minerals: magnesium, phosphorus, iodine, iron, calcium.
Consider how to make tomato juice for the winter easily and inexpensively. And most importantly, having prepared it yourself, you can be sure of the quality of the products and the benefits for the body.
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To prepare tomato juice for the winter, you need to choose the right tomatoes. Sweet, juicy and necessarily red tomatoes are best suited. Unripe fruits will give the juice bitterness and acidity. Do not choose lettuce tomatoes, they are very fleshy and contain little juice.
To determine how much tomato you need, use a ratio of 1: 1.5 (one and a half kilograms of tomato per liter of finished product). For classic recipes, usually only tomatoes and salt are used, but you can brighten the taste by adding garlic, celery, onions, cinnamon, cloves, bell peppers, and other ingredients of your choice.
Tomato juice for the winter without sterilization
For cooking, you need to use a juicer. You will need the following ingredients:
- 9 kilograms of tomatoes;
- 100 grams of sugar;
- salt to taste.
The option of making tomato juice for the winter through a juicer is very simple. Tomatoes it is necessary to rinse under running water, cut out the middle. Next, cut the tomatoes into 2 pieces and pass them through a juicer. Pour the gruel into the prepared dish and set to cook. After the juice has boiled, it is necessary to grind it with a sieve, add salt and sugar, and put it on the fire again. Boil for 5 minutes over low heat. We pour it hot into sterile jars, roll it up. Using the same recipe, you can prepare tomato juice for the winter through a meat grinder.
Tomato puree with pulp
Very tasty preparation for the winter, reminiscent of tomato sauce. It can be used to prepare a variety of dishes, and can also be added to ready-made food instead of ketchup or sauce. Suitable for meat and fish dishes, side dishes and gravy. Prepared with a blender.
To make tomato puree, you only need 2 ingredients:
- Tomatoes;
- Salt.
Selected fresh tomatoes must be washed and tails removed. Next, cut them into small pieces so that they fit easily in a juicer blender.Grind to get a homogeneous puree. Pour the puree into a suitable saucepan and place on the stove. When the foam rises, remove it with a slotted spoon, and leave the mass to cook over high heat for 25 minutes.
To sterilize the jars, scald them with boiling water or keep them in the microwave for 5 minutes at maximum power. An indication that the juice has cooked will be a change in the color of the froth from white to red. After that, remove the puree from the stove, salt and pour into the jars. After seaming, we wrap the cans in a blanket and keep it until it cools completely.
Multicooker Tomato Juice Recipe
This method of preparing tomato juice for the winter is probably the easiest. You do not need to constantly stand over the pan so that the foam does not escape and constantly stir the contents.
To prepare the juice, you will need the following ingredients:
- tomatoes (the amount depends on the capacity of the multicooker);
- salt and pepper to taste;
- granulated sugar.
My tomatoes and cut off the tails. Checking for any damage. Now they need to be cut and chopped in a food processor. Do not worry that the peel remains on the tomatoes, it will completely grind, and you will not even feel it. But, the fiber contained in the peel will remain. Pour all the resulting juice into the multicooker bowl, add salt, granulated sugar and pepper, mix. We expose the "quenching" mode on the multicooker and leave for 40 minutes. We wash and sterilize the cans. We fill them with the resulting tomato product and roll them up. Then, as usual, we leave for a day under a blanket to cool completely. Store in a cool place.
Tomato juice with bell pepper for the winter
Many people love the combination of tomatoes with bell peppers. The juice from these vegetables is unusual and aromatic. Only red bell peppers and juicy ripe tomatoes should be chosen.
The ingredients indicated in the recipe are calculated for 3 liters of ready-made juice. So, we need:
- 4 kilograms of tomatoes;
- 600 grams of bell pepper;
- 1 bay leaf;
- 3 pcs. allspice;
- 3 tbsp. tablespoons of granulated sugar;
- 2 tbsp. tablespoons of kitchen salt.
Wash tomatoes and peppers and clean them of seeds and stalks. We pass the vegetables through a juicer, and the resulting juice is transferred to a prepared pan. We put it on fire, and put the prepared spices (except for salt and sugar) in a gauze bag and throw it into a saucepan. So, the juice will completely absorb the aroma of spices, and then nothing will need to be caught. After boiling, add salt and sugar, and leave to cook for 15 minutes over low heat. In the meantime, we are preparing the banks. Turn off the stove, throw out the bag of spices, and start pouring the juice hot into sterilized jars. Keep the juice wrapped in a blanket for 24 hours, and then move it to a cool storage room.
Tomato juice with celery recipe
By adding celery to the juice, you can make it even healthier and tastier. For such an interesting preparation for the winter you will need:
- 1 kg of tomatoes;
- 3 stalks of celery;
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 teaspoon of ground black pepper.
Be sure to wash the tomatoes and cut the tails. We use a juicer to make juice from them.
Pour the liquid into an enamel pot and bring to a boil. Add coarsely chopped celery and bring to a boil again. Then all this must be grated through a sieve or chopped with a blender. We put it on fire again, and turn it off as soon as the mass boils. Pour into sterilized jars and roll up.
Tomato paste juice
Such a recipe can help out when there is no way to make blanks. You just have to take a responsible attitude to the choice of tomato paste. Very often, harmful additives can be found in the composition of this product.So take only tomato paste that contains only tomatoes, salt and water.
For cooking we need:
- Water.
- Tomato paste.
- Salt and pepper to taste.
For 1 liter of water, you will need 4 tablespoons of tomato paste. Just mix everything together, adding spices to taste. If this amount of tomato paste seems insufficient to you, you can add more.
Conclusion
Now we have clearly seen how to prepare tomato juice for the winter. The cooking options are not complicated at all, so by spending a little time, you can get a product that will be many times tastier and cheaper than the purchased one. And most importantly, vitamins and other useful elements will remain in tomato juice for the winter. How the cooking process takes place in practice can be seen in the video.
