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How to peel a tomato? (step-by-step recipe) Recipe
 
 
How to peel a tomato? (step-by-step recipe)
Michel Roux, The Waterside Inn, Royaume-Uni
Michel Roux, The Waterside Inn, Royaume-Uni
Difficulty: Easy
Chef's Note

Almost all the recipes require peeling a tomato, unless you're just using it in a salad!
To make this tedious chore easier, I'm providing you with the basic technique.

How to use it?
And then? Why not make these peeled tomatoes into a cooked tomato coulis, a versatile base for enhancing grilled fish, fresh pasta, sauces, and so on.

Ingredients
Method

Follow the recipe step by step

Step 1
How to peel a tomato? (step-by-step recipe) 1

Cut a cross in the top of the tomatoes and gouge out the cores.

Drop the tomatoes into boiling water until the skin starts to split (about 10-20 seconds).

Then take them out...

Step 2
How to peel a tomato? (step-by-step recipe) 2

and plunge them into iced water.

Step 3
How to peel a tomato? (step-by-step recipe) 3

Lift out the tomatoes with a draining spoon and slip off the skins.

Step 4
How to peel a tomato? (step-by-step recipe) 4

Just pull on the skin gently and it will come off like a charm.

 
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