Freezing summer tomato crop

Step 2 Overview and Prep

There are just a few simple steps in the process:

1. Blanching and Cooling
2. Coring and Peeling
3. Packaging

Prep work:
Fill your stockpot 2/3's full of warter and put on the stove over high heat. You want acheive a solid rolling boil before blanching. This will take a while if your using a large pot.

Clean and prep the largest work surface you have in your kitchen. Youre going to want lots of space for multiple bowls and such.

Fill your largest bowl with Cold water and set the nearest you can to the blanching pot. You will be transferring the hot tomatoes in here to cool and loosen their skins.

Set a couple more bowls out on your work surface, your going to want one bowl to hold blanched tomatoes, one to hold processed tomatoes and one for the skins and scraps.

You will also want a couple of clean dishcloths handy as stray juice tends to build up and will need mopping up during the process.

Now youre ready to go.