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Glut of tomatoes

(58 Posts)
ninathenana Tue 14-Aug-18 16:21:46

sadenvy our toms are rubbish this year.
H loves to make soup with ours, and we are usually drowning in it but I don't think he will manage one vatch this year.

OldMeg Tue 14-Aug-18 16:19:51

Sorry Mamie just read yiur post. You said freeze them first!

M0nica Tue 14-Aug-18 16:19:28

Ratatouille, or just freeze them whole and use for cooking later.

OldMeg Tue 14-Aug-18 16:19:10

Give them to neighbours.

Or you can just freeze them whole. They look rather pretty when frozen like marbles or translucent billiard balls depending on the size. Then you can just bung them in soups, stews, etc in the winter.

Teetime Tue 14-Aug-18 16:03:16

I've been making pasta sauce for 2 days!!!

Mamie Tue 14-Aug-18 15:47:59

We have a huge glut too, with kilos ripening every day. OH is making tons of frozen concasse (peeled, seeded, roughly chopped) and I will make ketchup with the smaller ones. We also freeze cherry tomatoes whole on trays. We have never known a year like it.

MiniMoon Tue 14-Aug-18 15:24:39

Tomato jam, with or without chilli. Lovely with anything you care to put with it. Cold meats, pies.
I've been hunting for a recipe for sweet tomato jam, but haven't found one as yet. We had the sweet tomato jam on toast from breakfast when we were on holiday in Spain, but that was years ago.

Craftycat Tue 14-Aug-18 15:21:09

I am knee deep in tomatoes! I grow extra plants for my DGC but my son's family moved a few weeks ago & the last thing they needed with a huge overgrown garden to tame was more plants so I've kept them all.
They have gone off to Crete & I have all the fruit!
They are mainly the small yellow ones but some orange & red too- all small varieties as I think they are the sweetest.
I've made loads of pasta sauce but now the freezer is groaning too.
Any ideas?