Can you freeze fresh tomatoes without blanching?

Yes! Just wash and freeze in Freezer bags. The texture after thawing will be affected, but the thawed frozen tomatoes are great for sauces and such. We do this with our tomato harvest every year.

Marie

January 23, 20070 found this helpful

thank you for your response, I have already tried freezing in freezer bags just to see what will happen, now I will do the rest of them. thanks again

Yes, you can. Just wash them and pop them in freezer bags or containers. You can thaw them slightly and squish off the skins, or sometimes you can get the skins off while still frozen.

When I freeze them I spread them on a cookie sheet first so they aren't touching. When they are frozen I put then in freezer bags. This way they don't freeze together and you can take out whatever you need.

Mike

January 25, 20070 found this helpful

I spread them on a cookie sheet first so they aren't touching. When they are frozen I put them in freezer bags. This way you can take out just what you need.

Yes when i have them start to get to ripe to use i put in ziplock bag and put in freezer. when making stews, soups, chili i put them in as is and just the hot liquid will make the skins come off almost instantly.

I freeze the fresh picked garden tomatoes right off the vine. I wash them, dry them and freeze them individually on a cookie sheet, when frozen, place them in zip lock freezer bags. When your ready to use, just take them out of the freezer and place them under hot running water and the skins slide right off...Wonderful for soups.

Maxine

March 9, 20150 found this helpful

Peel... dice...use freezer bags. 1 cup in each bag. Then your ready for the Chili-Beans, Soup, Spaghetti or what ever you want to use them for.