Kick-Ass Tomato Juice

[rdharma]

When tomatoes come in, they come in abundance...... and here's a way to use them.

Ingredients
3 pounds very ripe garden tomatoes, cored, roughly chopped
1 1/2 cups chopped celery with leaves (chopped fairly fine so they feed easily through food mill later)
1/2 cup chopped onion
2 cloves garlic finely chopped
2 tsp. sugar (this is a taste thing... I usually go with less)
1 teaspoon salt (once again a taste thing ...use less add later if needed)
Pinch black pepper
A couple shakes of Tabasco sauce, about 6-8 drops (or a chopped up jalapeno with seeds)

Optional Ingredients:

Fresh cilantro (to taste) I loves me some cilantro!
Spinach ......

Method

1 Saute/sweat onions, garlic, celery, and jalapeno (if used) in a large non-reactive pot coated with a bit of olive oil or olive oil spray (use stainless steel, not aluminum). Medium heat until the celery begins to soften a little.

2 Toss in tomatoes and adjust temperature to a simmer after tomatoes start to break down and liquefy. Cook uncovered, until mixture is completely soupy, about 25 minutes.

3 Force mixture through a sieve, chi noise, or food mill (I use an OXO food mill with medium blade). Cool completely.
Store covered and chilled. Will last for about 1 week in the refrigerator..... but I doubt it will remain that long after you've tasted it.

Experiment with the recipe and DO NOT THROW AWAY THE FIBROUS PRODUCT REMAINING IN YOUR FOOD MILL. Refrigerate or freeze and use with omelets, chili, spaghetti sauce, etc.

[Betsy Ross]

1. That would go great with Vodka!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

3. Amen. Do you like bloody mary's? We were watching Diners and Dives

and he was in Chicago at a place called Hash House. (In Vegas and San Diego too)

Anyway, they specialize in hangover food. They made a dish called the BLT. It
was a quarter of a BLT sandwich with a BLT Bloody Mary. They crushed bacon
and dipped the rim in it. Then garnished it with a tomato slice and a romaine
leaf.

They love bacon there evidently. One hangover dish was a plate of bacon
and a ice cold can of beer in a paper bag.

[rdharma]

6. Oh, yes!

A straight shot of Żubrówka from the freezer followed by a shot added to the tomato juice above for an early morning pick up!

[cbayer]

8. My thoughts exactly!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

2. All the ingredients sound great...wonder if you have to cook it. Before

I read the whole recipe, I was thinking it would be blended.

I got a juicer for xmas last year and have never taken it out of the box. Have
been meaning to try a V8 or tomato juice. Thanks for the recipe.

[rdharma]

5. Forget V-8 juice. This is what V-8 juice was meant to be! nt

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Yes. Needs to be cooked or it will taste like ........

[Callalily]

4. I used to can a similar

tomato juice back in my canning days! There's nothing like tomato juiced made from fresh tomatoes!

[rdharma]

7. Then you know what I'm talking about.

I can't even look at store bought V-8 juice any more without getting a "yuck" feeling.