2006-09-15 06:10:16 · 16 answers · asked by freaksmom333 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
The easiest way is to blanch it first. Some people say that you should carefully cut an X at the bottom of the tomato before you put it into the watter. To blanch a tomato you just place it into boiling water for a very short period of time. the larger the tomato or the greener it is the longer it will need to stay in. Never leave it in longer than a minute, it will start to cook. After you take the tomato out of the water just grab one of the pieces of skin that will pull a way from the tomato where the X was cut and pull. It may not take it all off on the first try but you have 4 pieces of skin to work with and eventually it will all come off.
2006-09-15 06:15:58 · answer #1 · answered by BeenThere 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
My grandmother taught me how to do that using one of the burners in a stove:
First, put a fork through the tomato and hold it slightly above the fire. When the skin starts to contract and rip, take the tomato away and leave it alone in a plate for a few minutes.
The skin not only comes off easily this way but this method also gives a "roasted" flavor to the tomato.
2006-09-15 06:20:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blanch it in boiling water for 30 sec. to 1 min (depending on the size and ripeness) then put it into an ice bath and the peel should come off easily
2006-09-15 06:20:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is actually very easy, boil a pan of water drop the tomato in (when it is boiling) for a couple of seconds, then take it out and peel-it doesn't heat it up and the skin comes off so easily.
2006-09-15 06:18:33 · answer #4 · answered by what? 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Blanch the tomato first (place in boiling water for a few minutes). Then put it in Ice-cold water. The peel should come right off.
2006-09-15 06:14:54 · answer #5 · answered by Penny 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
it would depend on what you were going to do with the tomato if it is for sauces canning and so on i would dip it in boiling water an remove the skin that way..if you want it to stay raw as in say taco sauce i would use a sharp knife and peel it as i would a potato or apple...
2006-09-15 06:25:26 · answer #6 · answered by d957jazz retired chef 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boil a pot of water and then gently drop the tomatoes into the pot.
The skins will crack within 2 minutes and then remove, place in cold water and the just pull the skins right off.
2006-09-15 08:55:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blanch it first in a bowl of boiling water for a minute or two and then the skin will come off really easily
2006-09-15 06:12:03 · answer #8 · answered by stepfordswiss 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
dip in boilin water up th 30 sec then place in ice water an skin peels right off
2006-09-15 06:13:20 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Very carefully...lol. The best way is to not use a knife but your hands and peel it back.
2006-09-15 06:17:58 · answer #10 · answered by mageta8 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋