It’s this time of the year when many Italo-Australian people in Melbourne do ‘la salsa’ – tomato sauce, or tomato passata. The best time is when the tomatoes are ripe and plentiful. You basically wash the tomatoes, boil them for a few minutes, drain, remove seeds and skin by whatever machine you have. Add salt to taste and fill bottles or jars, adding a sprig of basil but do not fill right to the top. Seal and place in large container. Top with warm water and bring to boil. Simmer 10-15 minutes. Leave in water until cold. These can then be used for whatever tomato recipe you need and will keep for more than one year.
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Tomato Passata
25 Feb
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Hanging Zucchini Garden
9 Mar
Not enough room in your vegie patch? How about growing the zucchini from the roof? That’s what we’ve done here. The vegie patch is getting very full so we grew this zucchini up a pole and then along this veranda, letting the zucchini’s grow downwards. The zucchini’s are very long! The longest is 90 cms! And it saves a heap of room.
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