Thursday, August 16, 2007

Scalding Tomatoes

My salsa recipe calls for peeled tomatoes. To peel a tomato easily, you can scald them. It's a very easy process.

Fill a pot one-half to two-thirds full of water; bring to a rolling boil. Wash tomatoes and score an "x" in the bottom of each with a paring knife. Drop scored tomatoes into boiling water for about 30 seconds. Remove tomatoes and place in a bowl of cold water to stop the cooking process. The skins will slide off easily!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thank you! I'm getting ready to make and can salsa for the first time. This really helped.

Heather said...

Glad I could help! This also works great for peaches!

Anonymous said...

This helped alot!!! thank you very much!!!!
I was making spaghetti sauce and didnt know how to scald tomatoes. so thank you!

MPH said...

Thanks a lot! The wife and I are scalding tomatoes for some stewed garbanzo beans.

Anonymous said...

You came to the rescue! I bought a pasta recipes book in Rome and it does not have the detailed descriptions of what you need to do that I am used to with Cooks Illustrated!