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| So, I find myself with 50 pounds of Juliet tomatoes. I have read that they aren't the best fresh eating tomato because they have such tough skins. If they are best used for cooking, what would bring out the best of this tomato? Roasting? Sauce? Paste? Does anyone have suggestions for the best way to use this little beauty? I'd like to preserve them in some way if possible. |
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| We like them for fresh eating. Those little round slices are so cute! So, decide for yourself if they are too tough for you. I found they dehydrated nicely also. Really, any thing you can do with a tomato is fair game. The other night we had a campfire near the garden and I grabbed a few off the vine and toasted them like a marshmallow. Nice smokey flavor. P.S. Heeellllp I'm drowning in tomatoes... ;-) |
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| Best use I have found is slice in half vertically and dehydrating them. It intensifys what flavor they have. You can make sauce out of them if you have a tomato mill to get the skins out. Otherwise it is a very chewy sauce with not much flavor. No paste instructions available - too dense. But roasting will help with the flavor if you decide to go with making sauce. Dave |
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- Posted by Christen17 none (My Page) on Sun, Sep 1, 13 at 8:52
| Thanks Folks! Roasting them sounds delicious. |
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| Last year was my first year growing them and I was overrun with them. Unfortunately the flavor was meh. A took a tip I found here on the forum and started freezing them in zip lock bags as they ripened. After the season was over I made sauce, which turned out a whole lot better than I expected from those tomatoes. I tried them again this year, as the people who had recommended these in the first place insisted I'd just had a bad year. They were right - the flavor is better this year, but of course the yield is way down. (As it is with all my tomatoes this year). I'm freezing them again, but don't expect a large batch of sauce. I doubt I'll be planting them again next year - I just dont have the space for tomatoes I don't love. |
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