Slow cooking the tomatoes....
By taface412
@taface412 (3175)
United States
September 1, 2008 6:53pm CST
Well on my journey to make the perfect sauce out of my tons of tomatoes that have all decided to ripen at the same time I chose to use a tip from a mylotter and also try something new. I love using my slow cooker and now have another reason. After I chopped my tomatoes I placed them in the slow cooker and then mashed them up. I then set it on Auto and let them stew away....It took a long time. But all I added was 1/4 teaspoon of salt and let them slow cook for about 20 hours. They kept their red color much better than boiling on the stove top. And when they were still quite warm I used my hand mixer to smooth it out a bit.
And wal-lah I have a tomato paste like sauce. Totally organic. And all I have to do is mix in my spices according to the sauce I want.
The best part about using my slow cooker was not having to make sure there was enough water in the pot, it cooked thoroughly, and less mess. So I tried it with my green beans and they turned out very nicely too.
Okay so I am a lazy cook. LOL I admit, but at least I found another use for my good ole slow cooker. And I wanted to pass it on.
4 responses
@nicholejade (2430)
• Canada
2 Sep 08
I love slow cookers. There are so many things you can cook with it. And tomatoe sauces are a great one. I do that about 4 times a year. I make my own spaghetti sauce and just freeze it after. I make huge batches and freeze them as we eat alot of spaghetti. I usually do them ever 3 months. And it is so easy to make as well. Another one I love doing is Chili.
@Angelwhispers (8978)
• United States
2 Sep 08
Nothing at all lazy about that Taface, actually that is the only way I stew up tomatoes in the fall. I then freeze them and have sauce all through out the winter, well as long as it lasts anyway, my family are big tomato and sauce eaters.
@lilybug (21107)
• United States
2 Sep 08
I did some on the stove top last week and I have done 2 batches in the slow cooker since. I toss mine in some boiling water for a few seconds to help the skin come off easy first and cut the stem off and toss them in the crock pot whole. I turn it on high for about an hour then go back and mash them up with a potato masher. Then I turn it down to keep warm over night. Yum!
@gitfiddleplayer (10362)
• United States
2 Sep 08
Very cool. I've never tried to make my own pasta sauce, now that's lazy. I have cooked my sauce and added lean hamburger the night before I was going to make spaghetti. It lets the sauce soak into the meat and when you heat it up the next day it tastes so much better with the pasta. Try that and see how it tastes.
