Freezing tomatoes

[ruthay321]

What's the best way of freezing tomatoes for using in cooking at a later date?

[Clanad]

Check here:

http://lancaster.unl.edu/food/ciqtomatoes.htm

[WendyS]

I've abandoned freezing raw tomatoes as I found the results rather unsatisfactory.  Now I always turn my tomatoes into a purree when I have a glut of them every autumn.

Just chop them up, fry them in a pan with some onion (& garlic if liked) and let them simmer for about 20 minutes until the mixture thickens slightly.  Cool & put through a blender until they become a smooth purree.   Pack in freezer bags in the size of portions you would use for soups, casseroles or Spag. Bol,  etc.    Processed this way they will keep in the freezer quite happily for 2-3 years and still taste perfectly OK.  You can also freeze the purree in ice cubes which are packed into freezer bags if you only want a very small quantity for cooking.

[ianess]

Would the liquid in the tomato not expand with freezing and burst the skin?  When thawed out you would just be left with mush.  Ugh!