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Home / Tomatoes / Vine-fresh tomato soup

Vine-fresh tomato soup

Filed Under: Seasonal Summer, Soup, Tomatoes Tagged With: Tomatoes

This recipe for home water-bath canned tomato soup is from the Ball Blue Book. It is delicious. Make it in summer when tomatoes are cheap, because you need a lot for this recipe.

Want Cream of Tomato soup? When you go to heat this for serving, stir in ⅓ cup of SOS mix per pint / half-litre jar.

See also:

Tomato soup from home-canned tomato sauce

Spicy Tomato-Vegetable Soup

Zesty Tomato Soup

Contents hide
  • 1 The recipe
  • 2 Vine-fresh tomato soup
    • 2.1 Ingredients
    • 2.2 Instructions
    • 2.3 Nutrition
  • 3 Reference information
  • 4 Recipe notes
  • 5 Recipe source
  • 6 Nutrition information

The recipe

If you wish to double or triple the batch, do the math first on paper.

Jar size choices: Either half-litre (pint) jars OR litre (quart) jars

Processing method: Either water-bath or steam canning

Yield: 4 x litre (quart) jars

Headspace: 2 cm (½ inch)

Processing time: Both size jars, half-litre (pint) and litre (quart), for 40 minutes. Adjust time for altitude when over 300 metres / 1000 feet. Do not steam can if your adjusted processing time would go over 45 minutes, because some less-expensive steam canner models cannot hold enough water.

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Vine-fresh tomato soup

A tomato soup recipe for water bath home canning from Ball.
Course Soup
Cuisine American
Keyword Tomatoes
Prep Time 50 minutes minutes
Cook Time 1 hour hour 30 minutes minutes
Total Time 2 hours hours 20 minutes minutes
Servings 4 1 litre (quart) jars
Calories 76kcal
Metric - US Customary

Ingredients

  • 1 bell pepper (medium)
  • 1 onion (medium)
  • 2 tablespoons oil
  • 2 cloves garlic (minced)
  • 6 kg tomatoes (14 lbs / 10 quarts chopped)
  • 4 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 1 tablespoon sugar (optional)
  • 1 tablespoon salt (OR non-bitter, non-clouding salt sub)
  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • lemon juice (bottled, OR citric acid)
Metric - US Customary

Instructions

  • Wash, stem, seed and coarsely chop the bell pepper; set aside.
  • Wash, peel and coarsely chop the onion; add to bell pepper.
  • Wash, peel and mince the garlic; set aside separately.
  • Wash and core the tomatoes; chop into quarters. Set aside.
  • Heat the oil in a very large pot.
  • Add the onion and pepper, sauté for a few minutes until the onion starts to turn a bit translucent.
  • Add the garlic add to pot.
  • Sauté for another minute.
  • Add the tomatoes.
  • Stir mixture in pot.
  • Set heat to medium.
  • Cover pot, and bring to a boil, covered. This may take 30 to 40 minutes. Stir often to prevent bottom scorching.
  • Once the mixture has released enough liquid to start boiling, reduce heat to a simmer.
  • Simmer covered (sic) for another 30 to 40 minutes or until tomatoes have all broken down and mixture has begun to thicken a bit.
  • Pass mixture through a food mill or strainer to remove tomato skins and seeds. Do this carefully, minding the very hot liquids.
  • Return the strained tomato mixture to the large pot.
  • Add the tomato paste, sugar, salt and pepper.
  • Bring back to a simmer and let simmer for 15 minutes.
  • Ladle hot soup into heated jars, either half-litre (pint) OR litre (quart).
  • Leave 2 cm (½ inch) headspace.
  • To half-litre jars, add ¼ teaspoon citric acid OR 1 tablespoon lemon juice.
  • To litre (quart) jars, add ½ teaspoon citric acid OR 2 tablespoons lemon juice.
  • Debubble, adjust headspace.
  • Wipe jar rims.
  • Put lids on.
  • Process in a water bath or steam canner.
  • Process either size jar for 40 minutes. Increase time as needed for your altitude.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 76kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 2g | Sodium: 443mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 9g

Reference information

How to water bath process.

When water-bath canning or steam canning, you must adjust the processing time for your altitude.

How to steam can.

For salt substitute, Herbamare Sodium-Free was used as it is non-bitter and non-clouding.

What is the shelf life of home canned goods?

Recipe notes

  • For the tomatoes, you can use any type of tomato.
  • For the large pot, we used the Presto 16 quart pressure cooker / canner (just as a regular pot.)
  • You will need about 10 quarts of tomatoes, measured after coring and chopping. If you have tomatoes to work with that are on the large side, that volume measurement may go to 12 quarts.
  • This recipe is one of those recipes — you know the sort — which calls for 4 tablespoons of tomato paste which, annoyingly, is just about half of a standard sized tin of about 8 tablespoons. Why they couldn’t configure the recipe to use the whole tin they made you open is beyond us.
  • The recipe suggests that your bell pepper be red, but using an orange or a green one likely wouldn’t shatter the universe.
  • Instead of 2 cloves of garlic, you could use 1 teaspoon of minced garlic from a bottle of minced garlic.
  • It will take about 30 to 40 minutes before the mixture comes to its first boil before you can start timing the first simmering time.
  • The salt can be omitted, if you wish. It’s there for seasoning, not safety.
  • You may increase the amount of sugar to taste (or use an alternative sweetener).
  • You can safely add dry seasoning such as herbs.
  • Do not skip the lemon juice/citric acid, or heat processing of the jars. Those things are there for safety.
  • Do not add any more veg; do not add additional veg such as celery etc. That would lower the acidity level that they’ve tested to ensure that this is safe enough to can without a pressure canner.

Recipe source

Ball Blue Book. Muncie, Indiana: Healthmark LLC / Jarden Home Brands. Edition 37. 2014. Page 35.

Modifications made:

  • Added seasoning suggestions including salt sub and other dried seasonings.

Nutrition information

Per 1 cup / 250 ml / 8 0z

  • 76 calories, 443 mg sodium

Without salt, sodium is 16 mg per cup

* Nutrition info provided by MyFitnessPal

Tagged With: Tomatoes

Filed Under: Seasonal Summer, Soup, Tomatoes Tagged With: Tomatoes

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Michelle Harrington

    August 28, 2024 at 4:40 pm

    I didn’t see your response about using frozen tomatoes. I wasn’t able to use them all from last year so I froze them right away.

    Reply
    • Jen

      October 16, 2024 at 5:06 pm

      I use frozen tomatoes for all my canning recipes. I freeze them until I have time to can. I just put in the pot frozen and have never had an issue.

      Reply
  2. Cheryl Chemers

    June 06, 2024 at 9:18 am

    Would this recipe be considered safe to can if made with previously frozen tomatoes?

    Reply
  3. Brenda

    October 17, 2023 at 1:47 pm

    This is not a condensed recipe where you have to add water or milk, to make for a meal, correct? You open jar, heat and serve?

    Reply
  4. Sue B

    September 26, 2023 at 9:50 am

    Onion allergies here. Can I safely omit it and make up volume with tomatoes or bell peppers?

    Reply
  5. Gayla Stremming

    September 22, 2023 at 1:10 pm

    Could I leave the pepper out?

    Reply
  6. Juliana

    March 06, 2023 at 10:11 pm

    Would it be possible to can this soup in half pint jars? I’d like to have more flexibility in terms of serving size.

    Reply
    • Juliana

      March 06, 2023 at 10:33 pm

      Looks like you’ve already answered my question! Yes I can use half-pints. Awesome!
      #5 in Safe Tweaking of Home Canning Recipes
      https://www.healthycanning.com/safe-tweaking-of-home-canning-recipes/

      Reply
  7. Kellie

    September 09, 2022 at 2:57 am

    Can you safely increase the amount of sugar and still water bath can?

    Reply
    • Healthy Canning

      September 10, 2022 at 9:56 pm

      Yes. Sugar is just a dry seasoning in this recipe, and it’s safe to tweak dry seasonings. https://www.healthycanning.com/safe-tweaking-of-home-canning-recipes/

      Reply
  8. Sandy

    October 25, 2021 at 7:21 pm

    5 stars
    Thank you for this safely canned wonderful tomato soup recipe! The only thing I changed was to add a bit more sugar.

    Reply
  9. Sandy

    October 20, 2021 at 7:15 pm

    5 stars
    Thank you very much for this great recipe! I doubled the sugar and salt and added a 1/4 tsp of cloves and 1 tsp of basil, along with a tsp of dried parsley and celery leaves.

    Reply
  10. Collette

    September 26, 2021 at 3:08 am

    I would like to add some celery to this. would it throw off the acidity so I couldn’t can it with a water bath?

    Reply
    • Healthy Canning

      September 04, 2022 at 5:17 pm

      Use celery salt or celery powder instead. It’s fine to tweak recipes using dry seasonings.

      Reply
      • Connie

        September 11, 2022 at 10:17 am

        Can I use celery seed?

        Reply
        • Healthy Canning

          September 11, 2022 at 10:57 pm

          Yes. See Safe Tweaking. https://www.healthycanning.com/safe-tweaking-of-home-canning-recipes/

          Reply
  11. Arlene Krause

    September 21, 2021 at 8:55 pm

    I would like to add rice to this recipe before I can it. Do I need to change anything – water bath time.

    Reply
    • Healthy Canning

      July 26, 2022 at 1:31 am

      Do not add any rice to this recipe before canning. If you wish to add (cooked) rice at the time you open a jar for use, that is fine.

      Reply
  12. Lisa Gay

    September 13, 2021 at 11:38 pm

    Can you add cream when serving? I know not to add it before canning, but how about after? Will it curdle? Thanks!

    Reply
    • Healthy Canning

      September 04, 2022 at 12:39 am

      Yes, you can add cream at time of use. A thick cream won’t curdle. You could thicken with some SOS mix that has been prepared thickly.

      Reply
  13. Melissa

    September 18, 2020 at 7:15 pm

    Can I pressure can the soup? How long?

    Reply
    • Healthy Canning

      September 21, 2020 at 6:51 pm

      There is no need to pressure can this recipe. Pressure canning it will not be any faster or safer. The lab-tested directions are for water-bath and steam canning so follow those.

      Reply
  14. Debbie

    July 20, 2020 at 6:09 pm

    5 stars
    This came out so good! I made it and canned it yesterday. Thanks for the recipe!

    Reply
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