Secret Ingredients
- 10 lbs tomatoes
- 1 tablespoon dried basil
- 6 tablespoons lemon juice, divided
- 3 teaspoons salt, divided
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Directions
- Wash tomatoes.
- Dip each tomato in boiling water 30 to 60 seconds or until skins split.
- Plunge immediately into ice water; core, peel, and quarter tomatoes.
- Place 4 cups of tomatoes in a large stockpot; crush tomatoes.
- Quickly bring to a boil over high heat, stirring vigorously; gradually add remaining quartered tomatoes, stirring constantly.
- Reduce heat, and simmer, uncovered, 2 hours.
- Remove from heat; stir in basil.
- Add 1 tbls.
- Lemon juice and 1/2 tsp.
- Salt to each pint jar.
- Immediately pack hot tomatoes into hot jars, filling to 1/2 inch from top.
- Carefully run a nonmetallic spatula around inside of jars to remove air bubbles; wipe jar rims.
- Cover at once with metal lids, and screw on bands.
- Process in boiling-water bath 35 minutes.
- Yield: 6 pints.
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