Thick tomato juice for the winter through a meat grinder
It has long been known that home preservation is much tastier than store products. What to say about juice - there are more preservatives in the purchased bags than vitamins. Therefore, it is better to prepare healthy drinks yourself. They are much more useful and you always know what is included.
One of the most demanded juices is tomato. Both adults and children drink it with pleasure, and also use it to prepare many dishes.
For juice, you can use very large or crumpled tomatoes that are left after the tomatoes have been preserved. They will not look in a jar, in addition, they will quickly lose their shape, but they are quite suitable for processing into juice.
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How to prepare natural tomato juice for the winter?
Tomatoes must first be washed well and left to allow excess liquid to glass. For the convenience of processing, cut large fruits into pieces, remove the stalks and the hard part of the pulp near them. Skip the tomatoes through a meat grinder.
To make the juice tasty and sweet, you should prepare it only from fully ripe fruits. Green, unripe tomatoes will add a bitter flavor.
Pour the resulting mixture into a large saucepan and put on fire. When it almost boils, add for every three liters of liquid:
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 2 black peppercorns.
You can add sugar and other spices to taste.
Simmer the juice over low heat for 30 minutes from the moment of boiling, periodically removing the foam. During this time, prepare the banks - wash and sterilize.
After the specified time, rub the juice through a sieve to get rid of the peel and seeds. The grated juice must be brought to a boil again, boiled for 5 minutes, poured into jars and rolled up.
Useful properties of tomato juice
Tomatoes have a rich vitamin composition, so the juice from them is very healthy. It has a positive effect on the body and the work of all organs, normalizes the metabolism, and also removes toxic elements and toxins from the body. The juice is recommended for the prevention of heart and cancer diseases.
Tomato juice also brings invaluable benefits to the intestines, since it acts as an antimicrobial agent. The use of juice is shown for ulcers and gastritis with low acidity, for constipation and flatulence (with the exception of periods of exacerbation of the disease).
Tomato juice for the winter through a meat grinder - video