Tomato Jam

Tomatoes are perfect candidates for end-of-the-summer jam and this jam is absolutely delicious on a BLT, a grilled cheddar cheese sandwich, on burgers, or as an accompaniment to fish.

Pickled Red Tomatoes

Late summer and its joyous glut of tomatoes is a bittersweet time for a canner. Tomatoes signal the end of summer fruit and bring with them the knowledge that the growing season is nearing its end. However, there's just so darn much that can be done with tomatoes that the possibilities make this preserver positively giddy.

Pressure Cooker Tomato Sauce

The pressure cooker gives you a red sauce with all-day flavor on a weeknight schedule.

Summer Sauce: No Peel, Small Batch Fresh Tomato Puree

Summer Sauce is a fresh tomato puree made from ripe in season plum tomatoes. I'm looking for a source of tomatoes for large batch canning down the road and this allows us to enjoy fresh tomato sauce without the automatic food mills and giant pots with an army of people help that large scale tomato canning usually requires. We are working towards that. But this is an approachable introduction to fresh tomato puree or tomato passata. Your support keeps the show running and is very much appreciate

Roasted Tomatoes

One of the best ways to transform out-of-season fresh and canned tomatoes into something great is to slow-roast them in a low oven until their excess water has evaporated and their flavor is intense and concentrated. Use them diced or whole in pan sauces, vinaigrettes, sandwiches, quick pastas, bean or grain salads, and more.

The Best Fresh Tomato Sauce

The best tomato sauce from fresh tomatoes is actually three different sauces in one, blended to make a perfect, harmonious whole.

Quick-Cooked Tomato Purée (Passata di Pomodoro)

A quick and easy puree made from fresh tomatoes, which can then be used in any recipe calling for a tomato puree.

Raw Tomato Coulis

A quick and easy purée made from fresh raw tomatoes, which can then be tossed with pasta along with olive oil and basil, or spread on crusty bread and drizzled with olive oil, among other applications.

The Homemade Pantry's Roasted Tomatoes for the Freezer

Alana Chernila, author of The Homemade Pantry, has figured out a way to freeze summer tomatoes so that they retain their sweetness all year long. Her method involves snatching up pounds of gorgeous summer tomatoes and giving them a low and slow roast with garlic, herbs, and olive oil. This slow cooking method concentrates all of that great tomato flavor, making them perfect for freezing and breaking out during the cooler, tomato-less months for a bright taste of summer.

Tomato Raisins (Oven-Dried Whole Cherry Tomatoes)

This recipe for dehydrated cherry tomatoes yields jammy, plump, and concentrated tomatoes that are like sweet-savory tomato raisins.