Tomato soup!
 

7 - 10 oz jars and 3 pints of condensed tomato soup canned and ready for winter!

Spike, what is your recipe for this? Looks so pretty.

[FONT=Georgia]Below is the basic recipe I use. I tend to mix it up a bit with whatever is growing in my garden! This time I added some fresh basil, one small Alma paprika pepper and 1/4 of a Thai chili pepper. The little bit of spicy pepper I added didn't add heat, just some extra flavor!!


8 lbs ripe tomatoes, unpeeled, quartered[/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia]1 cup celery, diced[/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia]2 cups onion, diced[/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia]1 large green or red pepper, seeded and diced[/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia]1 cup fresh parsley[/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia]6 bay leaves[/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia]3/4 cup Clear-Jel [/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia]2 1/2 Tablespoons salt (not required and can salt when serving)[/FONT]
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[FONT=Georgia]Place tomatoes, celery, onion, green pepper in a pot and bring to a boil. Add parsley and bay leaves. Cook uncovered until tender, stirring as needed.

Press through a food mill or sieve into a large pot, add salt.

[/FONT] [FONT=Georgia]Mix Clear Jel by adding it to a ½ cup of cooled tomato puree. Bring soup back to a boil and stir in the diluted Clear Jel. Continue to boil for two minutes till thick consistency.

[/FONT] [FONT=Georgia]Ladle into pint jars and fill to 1” head space. Add 1 T. bottled lemon juice to each pint and Wipe rims and add hot lids and rings.

[/FONT] [FONT=Georgia]Process in pressure canner at 10 pounds of pressure for weighted gauge and 11 pounds for dial gauge, for 25 minutes for pints or half pints. [B]Do not use quarts for this recipe.

[/B][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia]When ready to make the soup just heat with equal amount of liquid such as milk, water or chicken broth.

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Sounds good! Thank you for the recipe.

Why not quarts couldn't you just increase the processing time?
Not that I am going to make tomato soup I cant stand tomato soup.:lol:
But the recipe sounds good because it doesn't have dairy in it.
Worth

I have no idea why not quarts? That is the basic recipe that was given to me that works great. I just mix it up a bit.

Maybe it has something to do with the addition of clear jel (never seen that in tomato soup) and the density of qts. Would have to do more checking.

I looked at NCHFP guidelines for spaghetti sauce (this recipe is a puree so would be similar) and here are the ingredients;

30 lbs tomatoes
1 cup chopped onions
5 cloves garlic, minced
1 cup chopped celery or green pepper
1 lb fresh mushrooms, sliced (optional)
4-1/2 tsp salt
2 tbsp oregano
4 tbsp minced parsley
2 tsp black pepper
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup vegetable oil
Yield: About 9 pints

Process pints 20 mins - qts 25 mins

Soup guidelines are completely different and call for much longer processing times due to other ingredients possibly being used like meats. It does say not to thicken before processing. I *personally* see the clear jel as a problem and would use it when opening the jar if needed. Other than that, I don't see a problem with canning in qts (w/o the clear jel).

[QUOTE=coronabarb;589983]I looked at NCHFP guidelines for spaghetti sauce (this recipe is a puree so would be similar) and here are the ingredients;

30 lbs tomatoes
1 cup chopped onions
5 cloves garlic, minced
1 cup chopped celery or green pepper
1 lb fresh mushrooms, sliced (optional)
4-1/2 tsp salt
2 tbsp oregano
4 tbsp minced parsley
2 tsp black pepper
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup vegetable oil
Yield: About 9 pints

Process pints 20 mins - qts 25 mins

Soup guidelines are completely different and call for much longer processing times due to other ingredients possibly being used like meats. It does say not to thicken before processing. I *personally* see the clear jel as a problem and would use it when opening the jar if needed. Other than that, I don't see a problem with canning in qts (w/o the clear jel).[/QUOTE]

When I pressure can food I always can the food at the longest time of the ingredients in the recipe.
Like if it has meat in it like stew that is time I will can.

Worth

[QUOTE=coronabarb;589983]I looked at NCHFP guidelines for spaghetti sauce (this recipe is a puree so would be similar) and here are the ingredients;

30 lbs tomatoes
1 cup chopped onions
5 cloves garlic, minced
1 cup chopped celery or green pepper
1 lb fresh mushrooms, sliced (optional)
4-1/2 tsp salt
2 tbsp oregano
4 tbsp minced parsley
2 tsp black pepper
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup vegetable oil
Yield: About 9 pints

Process pints 20 mins - qts 25 mins

Soup guidelines are completely different and call for much longer processing times due to other ingredients possibly being used like meats. It does say not to thicken before processing. I *personally* see the clear jel as a problem and would use it when opening the jar if needed. Other than that, I don't see a problem with canning in qts (w/o the clear jel).[/QUOTE]

Interesting that there is no requirement for citric acid in that recipe!

Linda

[QUOTE=Labradors2;589996]Interesting that there is no requirement for citric acid in that recipe!

Linda[/QUOTE]

It is because it is pressure canned no need for high acid.
[URL]http://nchfp.uga.edu/how/can_03/spaghetti_sauce.html[/URL]

Here is the one with meat.
[url]http://nchfp.uga.edu/how/can_03/spaghetti_sauce_meat.html[/url]
Worth

[QUOTE=Worth1;589997]It is because it is pressure canned no need for high acid.
[URL]http://nchfp.uga.edu/how/can_03/spaghetti_sauce.html[/URL]

Here is the one with meat.
[URL]http://nchfp.uga.edu/how/can_03/spaghetti_sauce_meat.html[/URL]
Worth[/QUOTE]

Oh thanks Worth! I didn't know that pressure canning alleviated the necessity for citric acid. Another reason to get one ;)

Linda

just did tomato juice and it calls for citric acid or bottled lemon juice, right out of the presto canner instruction and recipe book. so it's up to you what you do. read somewhere that bringing it up to 15 lbs. of pressure for the last 5 min. works too (without lemon juice or acid).

[QUOTE=Labradors2;590002]Oh thanks Worth! I didn't know that pressure canning alleviated the necessity for citric acid. Another reason to get one ;)

Linda[/QUOTE]

Many reasons to get one, you can pressure cook in them too.
And you can always use a pressure canner to hot water bath process too.

Worth

If the recipe calls for citric acid/lemon juice, then that is what it has been tested as. You should follow those guidelines even if it is a pressure canning recipe. For instance, tomatoes - if you delete the acid, the processing time might need to be different.

Worth, that rule (can for the longest ingredient time) does not always work. Density is an issue as well, and can be a reason for longer processing needed. Depends on what it is you are canning.