Preparing tomato preserves is very simple and very few ingredients are needed. You will no longer have to buy them at the supermarket during the winter.
fresh tomatoes
Tomato preserves are great for fresh dishes like spaghetti with sauce and basil or for dressing any dish. It will come in handy at any time of the year, even when the tomatoes are not in season, and will allow you to use homemade ingredients without resorting to peeled tomatoes bought at the supermarket.
Summer is the perfect time to preserve tomatoes that will then be consumed throughout the year, but there is a method that will allow you to make them last up to two years. To make tomato preserves you don’t need much, just patience, fresh tomatoes, better if they are from your own garden, and a lot of basil.
Tomatoes
To obtain a good tomato preserve, the degree of ripeness of the tomato and the type of tomato is important, this will determine the flavor of the preserve, so if you are not an expert it is better to ask your fruit seller for advice. A little trick is to make the sauce from the preserves a couple of days after you have bought the tomatoes.
