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You are here: Home / Foodie / These tomatoes can peel themselves. Practically.

These tomatoes can peel themselves. Practically.

June 4, 2013 by Cindy 2 Comments

It’s tomato season! Half a dozen just came in from the garden yesterday.

And I know I’m not the only person who won’t just bite into a tomato like an apple. I like them peeled, with all of that seed-gooky-stuff taken out.

Last year I tried the age old tip to remove the peels. It’s so easy, it’s ridiculous.

Now. A lot of projects/tasks on the internet claim to be “easy” and turn in to something so difficult or time consuming you want to cry or beat your head against a wall.
This is not one of those hurtful claims.


Self-Peeling tomato
 

Here is all you have to do:

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How to Peel Tomatoes
Author: Cindy Campbell
Ingredients
  • Tomatoes
Instructions
  1. Bring a small pot of water to a boil. Fill a small mixing bowl with water and LOTS of ice.
  2. Use a knife to cut an X in the bottom of each of the tomatoes.
  3. Working 1 or 2 at a time, place the tomato into the boiling water.
  4. After about 20 seconds, use a slotted spoon to transfer the tomato from the pot to the ice water. (This stops the tomato from cooking any further).
  5. Once cool, take the tomato out of the water, and the skin should slide off practically on its own!
Recipe Notes

This method also works well with peaches!

I was honestly shocked when I pulled my 1st tomato out of the ice water and 1/2 of the peel just shed right off. The rest of the peel comes off with minimal effort. Which is fabulous for a finicky eater like me 😀

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  1. Cindy-Campbell.com » Blog Archive » Playing in the Kitchen: My Favorite Bruchetta says:
    July 22, 2013 at 11:41 am

    […] a little finicky and don’t really like biting into a tomato like and apple… I like to peel and remove the inside seeds/gook first.  But after that… oh the possibilities!  Chunks of fresh tomato are great for […]

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  2. Cindy-Campbell.com » Blog Archive » Save The Tomato Juice… Make Tomato Water? says:
    September 20, 2013 at 9:40 pm

    […] summer, I’ve been lucky enough to peel and chop up a lot of tomatoes from Dad’s garden.  Most have been made into bruschetta, […]

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