SOS Tips: Stocking up for winter

Cinzia Cuneo 7 ottobre, 2009 verdure

If you don’t have a lot of time to prepare preserves this fall, try to at least prepare these two essentials:

• Fresh Tomato Base
• Oven-Roasted Peppers

The Fresh Tomato Base allows you to savour locally grown tomatoes year-round, saving you from having to buy the canned variety. Once prepared, you can pour this tomato purée into sterilized jars for storage, but I fiercely recommend that you freeze the base – it is much easier and faster.

The main reason to prepare Oven-Roasted Peppers in advance is to take advantage of the good prices as the harvest comes to an end – they are 10 times less expensive than in winter!

If you actually do have some time on your hands to prepare some more preserves (and enough space in your freezer!), here are some other recipes worth making in large batches and freezing:

• Creamed Cauliflower Soup with Cheese
• Vichyssoise
• Red Pepper Ratatouille
• Classic Ratatouille
• Plum Compote
• Strawberry Ice Cream
• Ligurian Broccoli Soup

Autori

Cinzia Cuneo

Italiana di nascita e canadese d'adozione, Cinzia ha deciso di coniugare le sue competenze professionali e la sua passione per la buona tavola sviluppando un servizio per aiutare i numerosi «aventi bisogno» a riprendere il controllo della loro alimentazione. Così è nata SOSCuisine. Ingegnere di formazione al Politecnico di Torino, Cinzia ha conseguito un Master's Degree in scienze applicate all'École Polytechnique de Montréal.