To blanche tomatoes, you immerse them in boiling (or just-boiled) water for a short period (only about 15 seconds) and then immediately pop them into some cold water to stop the tomatoes cooking any further. You can then peel off the skin much easier.
How to blanche tomatoes
January 16, 2007 — 101things13 Responses to “How to blanche tomatoes”
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January 21, 2007 at 5:20 pm
Hallo from Sweden! Interesting site you have got. I came here when I was Google-searching.
Friday I posted a blogpost showing a Swedish recipe and a photo of very popular Swedish “cookies” called “Dumlekakor”. The thing is, I didn´t actually know what to call them in English. Well, I´ve got one suggestion: “Dumlepies”. Perhaps that is a correct name. I really don´t know. I am not satisfied with “Dumle Cookies”.
April 3, 2007 at 9:32 am
Unless you’re going to use the skinned tomatoes raw, why does it matter that they cook in the hot water? I peel tomatoes to use the slesh in pasta sauces which I’m going to cook anyway.
October 3, 2012 at 5:22 pm
Maybe you don’t like eating the seeds and it will be easy to remove those pesky seeds when the meaty part of it remains firm.
September 1, 2007 at 10:23 pm
I use this method too for peeling tomatoes, but I also put a small cross in the base first, it makes peeling them much easier, just lift the corners and peel away.
June 11, 2011 at 9:49 pm
I blanche & then freeze the tomatoes, keeping them for lator on when I want to make a vegetable soup, or maybe a pasta dish. The fresh taste makes the meal really delicious.
August 12, 2011 at 5:22 pm
Freeze them in gallon bags. When ready to use set out in sun to thaw. Peeling comes right off…no need to boil!
April 21, 2012 at 2:56 am
Stupid Swedes. No wonder you got owned by they Germans. You’re F’ing idiots
October 5, 2012 at 3:09 pm
Not historically correct.
September 4, 2013 at 9:26 pm
VERY RUDE…. CRUDE.. AND IGNORANT!!
July 24, 2012 at 4:57 pm
Jay They say there’s always one in the bunch. Well your him!
August 20, 2012 at 8:41 am
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