Technique: Peeling a Tomato

It's tomato season. The vines are heavy with ripe red (yellow, orange, black...) fruit. The question often asked at this time of year is: 'How do I peel the damn thing?'



It's a pretty simple process, really. Bring a pot of water to boil. Submerge tomatoes for about 45 seconds. Immediately transfer tomatoes to an ice water filled bowl. This is done to stop the tomatoes from cooking. After a minute remove tomatoes from ice bath. The skin will now have separated from the meat of the tomato, making it easy to peel. Hooray!