Canning Tomatoes with Citric Acid
Description
Winter preserving at home. Prepare sterile jars and lids. Wash all ingredients: tomatoes, herbs, peeled garlic. Pack into the jars, pour hot marinade over them, sterilize, and seal. Good luck. Jars keep for up to a year in a cool place.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the ingredients. I listed the amounts for a 1-liter jar to make it easier to scale the proportions. In my photo, it's a half-liter jar.
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Step 2
Place the herbs and spices in a sterile jar. I put a couple of cherry leaves, currant leaves, and dill on the bottom.
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Step 3
Make the marinade from water, sugar, salt, and lemon. Simply bring it to a boil, stir, and turn off the heat.
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Step 4
Pack firm ripe tomatoes, garlic, and celery greens into the jar.
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Step 5
Pour over with hot marinade.
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Step 6
Sterilize the 1-liter jar for 4 minutes and the half-liter jar for 2–3 minutes. Then seal with a canning wrench. Turn upside down until completely cool.