Canned Tomato Juice Recipes

TOMATO JUICE - CANNING

Steps:

• Core and peel tomatoes (Often, the day before, I will wash and core the tomatoes and freeze them first. Then just dunk them in a sink full of hot water and the peel falls right off). UPDATE: This year I didn't even bother to peel them, just core them and continue. The peel will come out in step 4.
• Place the tomatoes in a large stock pot and as you fill it, bring them to a rolling boil, stirring regularly (They will burn if you don't). I usually squish the first few with a potato masher to cover the bottom of the stock pot with liquid in order to get the boiling process kick started.
• Sterilize your jars (I do this in the dishwasher).
• Once you have all your tomatoes in the stock pot and boiling up a storm, ladle them into your food mill and grind out the mixture into pots, scraping the good stuff off the sides of the cone into your juice.
• Throw out the remaining pulp and return the juice to the stock pot.
• Bring back to a rolling boil.
• Add salt. (I usually add 1 tsp to each litre/quart). This is optional of course.
• Pour into jars leaving 1/2 inch air space.
• Place jars into canner and boil for 25 minutes.
• DONE!

TOMATO VEGETABLE JUICE CANNING RECIPE

Steps:

• Wash your jars, lids, screw bands, and canning tools in hot soapy water. Rinse well to remove all suds. Set aside to air dry on a clean kitchen towel.
• Place the jar rack into water bath canner, place jars in the canner, and add water to cover. Bring the canner to a simmer (180˚F) for 10 minutes, and keep the jars hot until you are ready to fill them.
• Rinse the tomatoes, carrots, celery, bell pepper, and parsley under running water and air dry on a kitchen towel.
• Tomatoes: Cut the tomatoes in half and remove the core, cut into quarters, and add to a large saucepan.
• Carrots: Remove ends, peel, and dice the carrots. Measure 3/4 cups (3 ounces) and add to the pot.
• Celery: Trim off the ends and chop into small pieces. Measure 3/4 cups (2.5 ounces) and add to the pot.
• Pepper: Remove the stem, seeds, and membrane from the pepper. Chop into small pieces. Measure 3/4 cups (3 ounces) and add to the pot.
• Onion: Peel and chop the onion. Measure 3/4 cups (3 ounces) and add to the pot.
• Parsley: Separate the foliage from the stems, discard the stems, and chop the parsley. Measure 1/4 cup of chopped parsley and add to the pot.
• Stir to combine the vegetables, and bring the pot to a slow simmer (180˚F) over medium heat. Stir the vegetables frequently and squish the tomatoes to help release liquid.
• Once the pot is simmering, continue cooking until the vegetables are soft, about 20 minutes. Stir occasionally to prevent scorching. Turn off the heat and let the juice cool.
• Run the mixture through a food strainer or food mill to juice and remove seeds and peel.
• Return the juice to the saucepan, add salt (if using), and heat the juice to a simmer (180˚F) over medium-low heat. Do not boil.
• Spread a kitchen towel on the counter. Use your jar lifter to remove a jar from canner, drain, and place on the towel. Keep the remaining jars in the canner so they stay hot.
• Add citric acid or lemon juice to the jar. For pints, add 1/4 teaspoon of citric acid, or 1 tablespoon of bottled lemon juice to each jar. For quarts, add 1/2 teaspoon citric acid or 2 tablespoons of bottled lemon juice to each jar.
• Use your canning funnel and ladle to add hot juice into the jar leaving 1/2-inch headspace.
• Wipe the rims of the jars with a clean, damp towel. Center a lid on the jar, and screw on the band until it is fingertip tight.
• Use the jar lifter to place the jar back into the canner, and repeat with the remaining jars. Try to leave some space in between the jars.
• Once the jars are all in canner, adjust the water level so it is at least two inches above the jar tops.
• Cover the canner and bring to boil over medium-high heat. Once water boils vigorously, process pints for 35 minutes, and quarts for 40 minutes at altitudes of less than 1,000 ft. Adjust processing time for your altitude if necessary (see notes below).
• When processing time is complete, turn off the heat and let the canner cool down and settle for about 5 minutes.
• Spread a kitchen towel on the counter. Remove the cover by tilting lid away from you so that steam does not burn your face.
• Use the jar lifter to lift jars carefully from canner and place on the towel. Keep the jars upright, and don't tighten bands or check the seals yet. Let the jars sit undisturbed for 12 to 24-hours to cool.
• After the jars have cooled for at least 12 hours, check to be sure jar lids have sealed by pushing on the center of the lid. The lid should not pop up. If the lid flexes up and down, it did not seal. Refrigerate the jar and use within a few days.
• Remove the screw on bands and wash the jars. Label, date, and store your jars in a cool, dark place, between 50 to 70 degrees F. Use within 12 to 18 months. Refrigerate the juice once opened and consume within a few days. Yields about 7 quarts, or 14 pint sized jars.

QUICK TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, melt butter. Stir in flour, curry powder and onion powder until smooth. Gradually add tomato juice and sugar. Cook, uncovered, until thickened and heated through, about 5 minutes. If desired, serve with crackers or croutons.

ROASTED RED PEPPER AND TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Roast peppers: rub oil on peppers and put them under the broiler until blackened, turn to get all sides. Put into paper bag and seal. Let rest for 15 minutes, then peel will come right off and core and seeds will fall out. Chop peppers. Reserve one chopped pepper; set aside.
• Heat olive oil over moderate heat. Add onion and garlic and cook until soft but not brown, about 5 minutes. Stir in tomato, bell peppers (except reserved), thyme, paprika, and sugar. Cook over medium-low heat until all the tomato juices have evaporated, about 25 minutes.
• Stir in chicken stock, salt and pepper, cayenne pepper, and hot sauce (if using). Bring to boiling, lower heat, and simmer, partially covered, for 25 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
• Strain soup, reserving broth. Place solids in food processor or blender, and process until fairly smooth. Add puree back into broth.
• Melt butter and stir in the flour, cook for 1 minute. Stirring slowly, add the broth/vegetable mixture. Add reserved chopped pepper and bring to boiling. Lower heat and simmer 10 minutes.
• Ladle into bowls and add 1 tablespoon of sour cream to each bowl. For a lighter soup, this is also delicious without the sour cream.

HOT AND SPICY TOMATO JUICE

Steps:

• If you have a food processor - chop up the tomatoes, onion, peppers and garlic (seeds and all) into a liquidy pulp and place on low to medium heat and cook down for an hour or so, stirring often to avoid scorching the bottom of the pan. If you don't have a food processor - no worries - just chop up into small pieces and throw in a large pot and cook down. It may take a little longer - but it works just as well. The important thing is to get the tomato and vegetable mixture soft and cooked down to run it easily through a strainer or food mill.
• When the mixture has heated and cooked down - strain it through a food mill into a clean pot to remove all of the skins and seeds.
• Now add black pepper, celery and garlic salt. Add to taste - some like a little more - some a little less
• Heat on a low simmering boil for another 30 to 45 minutes.
• Simply can up into quart jars, put on your lids and then water bath for 30 minutes.

AMISH TOMATO JUICE

Steps:

• 1. Heat to boiling point and seal in hot in canning jars
• 2. Warning: The recipe was in an amish cookbook. Frankly It seams way to salty with all the salts. I would of made it with garlic powder, onion powder, celery seed and 1/2 the salt for the entire recipe. I am sorry it was so salty.

CANNED TOMATO JUICE

Steps:

• The easiest way to peel tomatoes for canning purposes is to have a large pot of boiling water ready. Cut a large X on the top (not core end) of the tomato. Drop several at a time into the hot water. Remove from water after a few seconds with a slotted spoon. Repeat until all of the tomatoes you want to use have been done this way.
• Core tomatoes and remove peeling (peeling should come off very easily.) Now, have another large pot and drop tomatoes into the pot. When all the tomatoes are cored and peeled, bring to a boil and cook for about 5-10 minutes, until they are good and hot through and through. Have juicer ready with another container ready for juice to run into. (This is where several large containers that you can use for cooking are very useful. If you don't have that many large pots, let just let the juice go into a large bowl, then transfer to a pot when it becomes available.)
• Get as much juice from the hot tomatoes as possible. (There is a juicer on the market where you don't have to heat the tomatoes, but I prefer this method.) Have quart or pint jars and jar flaps and rings sterilized and ready to fill. Put container of juice on the stove and bring to a boil.
• Fill jar with juice with the ratio of 1 teaspoon of salt and 1 teaspoon of sugar per quart of juice. Put on sterilized jar flap and ring. Seal tightly. You may water bath for about 10-15 minutes if you desire. NOTE: It is important to have everything you are working with very hot - juice, jars, flaps - so be very careful when handling. The way I sterilize them is by putting the jars in a large pot of boiling water and let the water boil for a while.
• Put the jar flaps and rings in a much smaller pot and let water boil, leaving them all in the hot water until I'm ready to fill and seal, this way everything stays hot. My juicer is the cone-shaped, sieve with the wooden pestal which really gets the seeds and pulp out. I've also used the hand turned ones and they are really good, too. Of course, these are the older types, but you can still find them.
• When storing canned tomato juice, over a period of time, the water from the juice may rise to the top, so don't be alarmed, as long as it is still sealed, it's fine.

CANNED TOMATO JUICE

Steps:

• Wash, drain, and core the tomatoes. Cut them into quarters. Place the tomatoes in a large saucepan over medium heat. Using a potato masher or wooden spoon, press down on the tomatoes to release the juices while they cook. Bring them to a simmer and cook until soft, stirring frequently. Remove the tomatoes from the heat and let cool slightly. Press them through a sieve or strainer and return the juice to the pan. Bring the juice just to a boil over medium heat. Pour the liquid into hot pint or quart jars. Fill to within 1/4-inch of the tops. Add the salt, and sugar if desired, to each jar. Wipe the tops of the jars and place the lids on as directed by jar manufacturer. Place in a canner or pressure cooker and cook at low pressure for 10 minutes for pint-sized jars, or 15 minutes for a quart-sized jar. Let cool, check seals, then store the juice for up to 6 months.