Tomatoes in soup
You will need - products for soup, tomatoes
Tomatoes are most often boiled in soup, with option 2: either the tomatoes were fried in oil before adding to the soup, or not. In the first case, the tomatoes are already ready and it takes only 2-3 minutes for the tomato to mix slightly with the rest of the soup ingredients. In the second case, the tomatoes must be cooked until they are completely soft: 5-7 minutes. If you do not cook tomatoes in soup, the soup will turn sour in a day.
Tomatoes for juice
Cut the tomatoes crosswise along the stalk, pour over with boiling water, so that later it will be easier to remove the skin, because she's not good for juice. And chop the pulp (if the tomato seeds are large and hard, it is also better to remove them, leaving only the pulp), put in a saucepan and cook with salt for 10 minutes over low heat.Tomato sauce
It is as easy as shelling pears to prepare a light sauce for meat or fish for a couple of days in advance - just chop and boil the tomatoes in your own juice, after removing the peel or leaving it at your discretion. Tomatoes are boiled in a sauce with herbs, spices and seasonings. You should be guided in the cooking time by the appearance of the sauce: the sauce should be of a creamy consistency. Therefore, if the tomatoes are very juicy, there is more moisture in them and it takes longer to boil the sauce out of them. Boil tomatoes on a sauce over low heat without a lid, stirring with a wooden spatula. If you add oil and spices, you get a fragrant tomato sauce, and with bell pepper and sugar you can make a sauce Uncle bens.Just boiled tomatoes
Tomatoes are edible raw. Tomatoes are boiled for consumption, as a rule, for diseases, after cooking they become easier for the digestive tract - in other words, they are easier to digest. In such cases, as a rule, raw vegetables and fruits are prohibited altogether, so boiled tomatoes become a real salvation.Cooking tomatoes for the winter
Tomato sauce - tomato sauce with spices
Tomato paste - boiled tomatoes in pure form
Tomato juice - a fresh drink for any occasion
Salted tomatoes - in boiled brine without vinegar
Pickled tomatoes - whole in a vinegar marinade
