Tomato and pepper appetizer recipes for the winter, ingredient preparation, and storage times

Some housewives, instead of tomato and ketchup, prepare an appetizer, which is often served alongside other dishes. This appetizer is made from crushed tomatoes mixed with other vegetable additives. Garlic, parsley, cilantro, basil, and pepper are often used in the sauce.

What dishes is the sauce served with?

Before preparing an appetizer, everyone should understand what dishes go well with this sauce. Most housewives prepare it to serve Italian pasta dishes. These include Italian-style gnocchi, spaghetti, fettuccine, tagliatelle, and, of course, spaghetti.

However, this sauce is great for more than just pasta. It's also often used with salmon and other meat dishes. Appetit is also used when roasting young chicken or chops. Some use the sauce when making turkey or pork meatloaf.

Appetizer is also served with vegetable dishes. For example, it's added to baked eggplant rolls.

The sauce is used as a cream for pizzas, cakes, and other baked goods made with tomatoes, cheese, or ham. This tomato-based dressing is an essential ingredient in many fish salads and other seafood dishes. There are also many ways to make soups with the addition of appetizer. It is added to carrot or potato soups.

Preparation and heat treatment of ingredients

Before preparing the sauce, all the main ingredients are prepped and cooked. First, select the best tomatoes for the tomato dressing. Only large tomatoes with no signs of rot or damage are selected.

Preliminary preparation of ingredients is carried out in several successive stages:

• Blanch the tomatoes by soaking them in boiled water for 3-5 minutes, then peeling them.
• Peel the hot and sweet peppers, cut out the inner walls, and remove the seeds. Finely chop the remaining pulp with a knife or grind it in a meat grinder.
• Garlic, onions and carrots are washed to remove dirt, cut or grated.

During preparation, special attention is paid to the heat treatment of the main ingredient—tomatoes. They are simmered over low heat for several hours. Other vegetables included in the sauce recipe are also subjected to heat treatment.

Appetizing recipes for the winter

Before using the tomato harvest for preserving appetizers, every housewife should familiarize herself with the recipes for their preparation.

Canned with hot pepper

This spicy appetizer is popular among housewives, and therefore some of them prefer to add hot pepper to the sauce.

To make tomato dressing you will need the following ingredients:

• 40 ml vinegar;
• 2-3 kg fresh tomatoes;
• 800 grams of hot pepper;
• 20 grams of salt;
• 40 ml vegetable oil.

First, rinse all the tomatoes and peppers in cold water. Then, cut the peppers into equal pieces to remove the seeds and stems. After this, peel the tomatoes and grind them in a meat grinder to extract freshly squeezed juice.

Pour the liquid into a saucepan, boil for 20 minutes, and stir in salt, vinegar, and pepper. Simmer the marinade for half an hour, then pour into jars for storing the winter preserves.

Spicy with basil

To add more flavor, add a little basil. For this recipe, wash 500 grams of peppers and 700 grams of tomatoes and chop them into large pieces. Grind the chopped tomatoes in a meat grinder to extract the tomato juice. Then pour the juice into a heavy-bottomed saucepan and simmer on a gas stove for 10 minutes.

While the tomato juice is boiling, peel the peppers and puree them in a blender. The resulting pepper mixture is added to the tomato juice and simmered for 20 minutes. During the final minutes of simmering, grated garlic, basil, and vinegar are added to the liquid.

Spicy Garlic Sauce Recipe

To add a spicy kick, more garlic is added. When making a garlic sauce, first gather the main ingredients. The peppers and tomatoes are washed, peeled, and chopped with a knife. The chopped ingredients are placed in a saucepan and simmered over low heat. Stir occasionally while cooking to prevent burning.

While the tomatoes and peppers are simmering, peel and finely grate 3-5 heads of garlic. Add it to the saucepan with the main ingredients, along with the salt, sugar, and vinegar. Stir everything together, simmer for another 5 minutes, and pour into jars.

Bulgarian homemade appetizer

Many housewives prepare this homemade appetizer using a Bulgarian sauce recipe. To make the dish, you'll need to juice tomatoes and pour the resulting juice into a metal saucepan. Then, simmer the liquid for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.

To make the sauce, use bell peppers, cut into four equal pieces, placed in boiling juice, and simmered for 10 minutes. Vegetable oil, salt, sugar, and crushed garlic are added to the mixture. The hot liquid is poured into pre-sterilized jars and sealed with lids.

With the addition of tomatoes, carrots and zucchini

Some people make a sauce with tomatoes, zucchini, and baby carrots. Several kilograms of zucchini and tomatoes are diced, and the carrots and garlic are finely grated. Then, 2-3 peppers are washed, cut into strips, and poured into a saucepan with the remaining ingredients. Afterwards, the vegetables are mixed with salt, sugar, oil, and vinegar. The ingredients are simmered until the mixture resembles ketchup.The boiled sauce is poured into glass containers, closed with sterile lids and transferred to the cellar.

Adjika with apples

Prepare delicious tomato sauce and apples can be made according to a special recipe. When creating a delicious adjika tomatoes with applesThe carrots, peppers, and chilies are ground in a meat grinder. The resulting liquid is boiled and simmered for an hour and a half. Then, the hot pepper, garlic, and salt are added to the sauce. All ingredients are thoroughly mixed and simmered for another hour. The adjika is then poured into jars and sealed with lids.

Shelf life and storage rules for canned food

It's recommended to create optimal storage conditions for canned products to prevent them from spoiling quickly. To do this, you'll need to monitor the temperature of the room where the sauce will be stored. Temperatures shouldn't exceed 20-20 degrees Celsius. Higher temperatures will cause the canned products to spoil.

The balcony is the best place to store the sauce in apartments, as it's always cooler than the rooms. Some prefer to store the jars under the bed. However, in such conditions, the sauce will spoil within 7-9 months.

Conclusion

Housewives often store appetizers for the winter to serve with main dishes later. To properly prepare this sauce, you need to familiarize yourself with the recipes.