Crushed Tomatoes - no liquid added! (NCHFP)
Crushed Tomatoes - no liquid added! (NCHFP)
Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 1 d 2 hrs
Total Time 1 d 2 hrs 10 mins
Course Appetizer
Cuisine American
- Quantity: An average of 22 pounds is needed per canner load of 7 quarts;an average of 14 fresh pounds is needed per canner load of 9 pints. Anaverage of 2¾ pounds per quart.
Cooking:
Heat in quarter batches quickly in a large pot,crushing them with a wooden mallet or spoon as they are added to the pot. This will exude juice. Continue heating the tomatoes, stirring to prevent burning.
Once the tomatoes are boiling, gradually add remaining batch, stirringconstantly. These remaining tomatoes do not need to be crushed. They will softenwith heating and stirring. Continue until all tomatoes are added. Then boilgently 5 minutes.
Filling the jars:
On a dishtowel place your hot jars and using yourfunnel, ladle to fill to 1/2" headspace.
When packing crushedtomatoes into hot jars , add 1 tsp salt and 2 T lemon juice or 1/4 t. of citricacid to each quart jar, or 1/2 t. salt and 1 T lemon juice or 1/8 t.citric acid for each pint jar.
Pack tomatoes into jars, leaving 1/2 in headspace. Remove airbubbles and refill to the proper headspace with the mixture if necessary.
Taking a clean papertowel wet it with warm water and wipe the rims of the jarsremoving any food particles that would interfere with a good seal.
Using yourmagic wand extract the lids from the hot water and place them on the nowcleaned rims. Add your rings to the tops of each of the jars and turn to sealjust "finger tight".
Processing:
Make sure your rack is on the bottom of the canner andplace the jars in the water bath making sure that the water covers each of thejars by 1 to 2 inches. Add hot water to the canner if it doesn't measure up.
Cover the pot and turn up the heat under the canner and wait for the water tostart boiling. Once the water has come to a boil start your timer for 45minutes for quarts and 35 minutes for pints.
(0-1000ft) When complete turn offthe heat and remove the cover and let the jars sit for another few minutes.
Remove the jars and place them back on the dishtowel in a place that they willsit overnight to cool. Do not touch or move them till the next morning.