[sunshineband]

Green tomato chutney, to deal with fruit picked from plants showing blight:

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More peppers done and some roasted aubergine slices.  Also made a load of tomato sauce for the freezer.  The freezer has to be re-organised, but I've managed to clear a shelf, which is great news as there is more produce on the way 

[mumofstig]

Just mentioned in 'What's for tea' another tomato preserving day. So far I've managed to find room for it all in flatpacked bags in the freezer   
I think the next lot will be in jars though.

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I may do some jars of tomato sauce, but I want to dry more slices as well.  My freezer space is earmarked for fresh borlotti, cubes of blanched wilted greens and hopefully some braised red cabbage - the plants need to get a move on though   

[sunshineband]

I am planning to try tomato paste, by reducing blitz tomatoes as far as I dare without them burning, then dehydrating the resulting thick sauce to a paste in the dehydrator. I need to cut some silicon sheets into circular pieces to fit my dehydrator shelves first

A friend from US suggested this  and he freezes the paste as ice cubes then

Sounds do-able I think 

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Do-able yes, but it seems a lot of processing and I would grudge the freezer space.  You could jar and water bath the sauce just as easily.

You can put dried tomato slices through the food processor to get a rough powder for sauces. 

You can also dry pureed tomatoes into a sheet, but you need a thickener such as apple sauce, cornflour or pectin.  Try searching tomato leather.

[sunshineband]

Yes I think the water bathing of the sauce might be a better idea. I am assuming I am going to get sufficient tomatoes for this to be even made of course !

I could try slices of tomato again too......

Thank you

[snowdrops]

9 mixed jars of runner bean chutney,yummy can't wait the 2 months for it to mature

[sunshineband]

Chinese style plum sauce made with bullaces from the hedgerow near where my daughter lives, plus bullace and apple jelly (dripped overnight so will boil up later today) two batches of yellow bullace vodka, one plain and one with brown sugar and cinnamon.

(The pic is the jars of sauce, plus a half full one where there was not quite enough for four jars)

PS Not quite enough tomatoes for making unseasoned passata, but getting there!

[sunshineband]

Reduced 4kg of tomatoes to a thick but spoon-able paste today, filling nearly four 580ml jars. Lids "popped" so I am hoping it will keep well.

Blitzed the tomatoes skins and all as fine as I could, then cooked them down for around 45 minutes.


Also made several jars of mixed tomato chutney, that has whole 11s & 1000s in it

And somewhat randomly 3lb of Mandarin & Gin Marmalade with fruit bought in our local Asian greengrocer 

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Busy people on here     I'm trying ( ) not to make too much this year as we still have chutney and marmalade left from last year, but cracked yesterday and now have a bowl of nasturtium seeds soaking in brine to make pretend capers.  OH, who views some of my experiments with trepidation, thinks I have completely lost the plot 

I'm blaming Sunny as she has mentioned them few times   

[mumofstig]

As it is miserable outside, I've done another batch of passata  this morning, will start on the glut of peppers this afternoon 

I did buy apples to make chutney, but put them in a pie instead  Best intentions and all that 

[snowdrops]

Plum jam yesterday with plums scrimped from our daughters neighbours tree( his dad said to help ourselves😄)
Any idea why the picture is upside down, I did one not long since & it was ok, plus when I tried to redo it, it duplicated itself?

[jaydig]

I have such a glut of tomatoes this year that I made red tomato chutney for the very first time today.  I know you're supposed to keep it for a while, but I tried a little with some cheese, and was very surprised to find that I actually liked it.  I didn't think I would, and really made it to give away to family and friends that like chutneys.  Needless to say, I'm going to keep some for myself too.

[sunshineband]

Glad you liked it Jaydig. Good to share but good to be able to enjoy the fruits of your labours too