What should I do with a sack-load of fresh garden tomatoes?

Question

My landlords left on a trip and are letting me pick all the ripe tomatoes from their garden. I already have a Wal-Mart bag full. Anyone have any good ideas for a homemade pizza sauce, or salsa, or tips on freezing them? Thanks!

Answer 1

The best thing to do is perserve them.
Put tomatoes in boiling water for about
1/2 minute to loosen skins. Than dip them
into cold water and drain. Than remove
skins and core and trim, cut into quarters
or leave them whole. Your ready to
either can or freeze them.

Answer 2

Homemade Salsa for dipping Tortilla chips:
2 tomatoes, diced
4 sprigs cilantro, chopped
1-2 jalapeno peppers, diced
1/4 red onion, diced
1 mango, diced

Mix all ingredients together, squeeze 1 whole lime into mixture, chill for about 4 hours (let the flavors marinate together). Serve with tortilla chips.

Also, try this:

Slice a tomato, not too thin. Take a ball of mozzarella and put over the tomato slices. Chop up some fresh basil leaves (3-4 should do). Drizzle olive oil on top and eat with fresh Italian bread, from the deli!

For both recipes, I don't use salt, but you can, to taste. :)

Answer 3

Oh are you lucky!


Here's a great pizza sauce recipe that's common in Chicago.

Dip your tomatoes into a pot of boiling water just til the skins pop, then immediately dip into a sink full of ice water. It's the easiest way to peel tomatoes without bleaching your hands.

Pizza sauce is a great way to use the little ones BTW.

So after you blanch your tomatoes, the skins pop right off in your fingers. Cut out the core and squeeze to get the seeds and the gooey stuff around the seeds to pop out. The idea is to have the tomato meat without all the juice.

Slice the tomatoes into wedges and sprinkle with salt. Put them in a strainer and let all the water run out.

Then chop them up and put in a bowl with 2 tbsp olive oil, 2 tsp oregano, 2 tsp basil (or 4 basil leaves finely minced), 1 tsp onion powder, 2 T minced garlic, 1/2 tsp sugar and 1 tsp pepper. Mash gently with forks Add 1 small can tomato paste and 1 medium can of tomato sauce, mixing well.

Ladle over your pizza crust and top with your favorite toppings. It's awesome!

Answer 4

Just slice them up put a little salt on them and enjoy! Or, if you want you could make this.....

Summertime Tomato Salad
2 red beefsteak tomatoes sliced

2 yellow beefsteak tomatoes sliced

2 plum tomatoes sliced

1 pint red teardrop tomatoes cut in half

1 pint yellow teardrop tomatoes cut in half

1/2 C. red onions peeled, julienne cut

3 large leaves basil fresh, cut in thin strips

1/4 lbs. Gorgonzola Cheese crumbled

1 head baby frisee cored and cleaned

1/2 C. Citronette Dressing see recipe below

1/4 C. basil oil see recipe below

salt and pepper to taste


Citron Dressing

1 lemon juiced

1/2 C. extra virgin olive oil

1 t. garlic minced

salt and pepper to taste

Whisk together all the ingredients and set aside.

Basil Oil

2 large leaves basil fresh

1/4 C. extra virgin olive oil

Place ingredients into blender and puree for 15 seconds. Let stand for 30 minutes to extract the basil flavor. Strain through a fine sieve.

Preparation of the Salad

Arrange the salad on a large plate for family style service. Start with the larger beefsteak tomatoes around the edge of the platter. Place the frisee in the center. Arrange the remaining tomatoes around the platter. Arrange the red onions, gorgonzola and fresh basil on top of the salad. Drizzle the citron dressing and the basil oil over the salad. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

yummmm

Answer 5

Guaranteed to please!!!
Try this easy open-face sandwich


Toast a piece of bread, spread a thin layer of mayonnaise on it

add a big thick slice of home grown tomato on it, sprinkled with salt and pepper

add slices of cooked bacon on top of the tomato

cover with slices of velveeta cheese so it covers the whole sandwich

broil in the oven until cheese melts (not too long you will need to watch it carefully so it doesn't catch on fire)

then enjoy one of the best tasting sandwiches you'll ever eat!!!

Answer 6

There are some recipes for tomato sauce here, but you have to stew your fresh tomatoes first. Then remove their skins. You can them use them like you would use a canned tomato.

Answer 7

Make frozen salsa. Pretty easy. Use Mrs. Wage's salsa mix. Comes in an envelope and you can get it at Walmart.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

allrecipes.com
type in tomato sauce or salsa or pizza sauce or you could do a ingredient search

Answer 10

"Sun dry" them in an oven. You can keep them under oil:
http://www.jannekes.eu/canning/driedtomato.html

Under vegetables you'll find lots of recipes with tomatoes