Tomato Juice Recipe (for Canning)
You can start with a pot of juice that you claimed while making spaghetti sauce, or you can juice the entire tomatoes! Tomato juice is a great way to save summers bounty. It makes great cocktails, soups, stews and bases for any tomato dish you are serving. This is a fast and easy canned good for even the first-time canner.
Tomato Juice Recipe (for Canning)
You can start with a pot of juice that you claimed while making spaghetti sauce, or you can juice the entire tomatoes! Tomato juice is a great way to save summers bounty. It makes great cocktails, soups, stews and bases for any tomato dish you are serving. This is a fast and easy canned good for even the first-time canner.
Ingredients
Recipe Notes

Wash tomatoes.  Remove cores and any bad spots.  Quarter and simmer in heavy bottomed pot until soft (about 30 minutes).  Juice tomatoes using a food mill, food processor or a wooden spoon and a strainer.  The goal is to squash all the juice out of the flesh.

Strain juice to remove any peels, seeds or chunks.

Heat juice for 5 mintues at 190 degrees.

Add 2 tbsp lemon juice to each quart jar (1 tbsp for pints).  Ladle hot liquid into hot jars.  Leave 1/4 inch headspace. Wipe rims & adjust lids.  Process in boiling hot-water bath for 40 minutes for quarts (35 for pints).

Fun Variation:  Add fresh herbs to you tomatoes during the last 5 mintues of cooking.  You can also add seasonings to your taste:  salt, spices, herbs, hot pepper sauce.

Disclaimer:  Always follow directions specific to your equipment and elevation for canning.  Dispose of any home canned goods that show signs of spoilage which can include: bulging lids, leaking, corrosion, cloudy, mushy, moldy foods or disagreeable odors.