October 10, 2024, 10:35 am | Read time: 2 minutes

Once the tomatoes have started to grow in the garden, you can hardly keep yourself from eating the delicious fruits. But always eating just tomato salad is boring in the long run. myHOMEBOOK editor Franka Kruse-Gering explains how to preserve tomatoes so you can enjoy your harvest for longer.

Which tomatoes are suitable for preserving?

Basically, any tomato can be canned. The only difference is the preparation, depending on what you want to do with the tomatoes later. You can preserve them whole or chop them up and use them later as the basis for a tomato sauce.

What you need:

Depending on your taste, you can vary with spices and herbs. You need the following ingredients and utensils for spicy tomatoes:

• tomatoes
• onions
• garlic
• salt/pepper
• oil
• preserving jars

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The preparation:

1. Preserving tomatoes is easy and does not require much experience. It is very important to boil the jars first. To ensure that canned tomatoes last as long as possible, there must be no germs in the jar. The tomatoes themselves should also be washed thoroughly.
2. The next step is to cut the tomatoes into small pieces. Any ingredients, such as onion and garlic, can also be chopped.
3. Fry these briefly in the oil. Add the chopped tomatoes.
4. Put the lid on and let everything simmer gently for about 25 minutes.
5. The cooked tomatoes can then be added to the jars. Make sure to leave about one centimeter of space between the tomatoes and the lid.
6. Last but not least, the jars should now also be boiled. To do this, place the sealed jars in a pan of boiling water for around 30 to 45 minutes.