How To: Skin Tomatoes

A lot of barbecue masters will use skinned tomatoes for different sauces. This is a great trick to get the thin skinned fruit peeled without testing how thin YOUR skin is!

Why peel it? Some say the skins add a bitter flavor to recipes.

Start with a very clean tomato without any stem:

1. Get a large bowl of ice water handy. Half ice - half water. Save for later.


2. "Score" or lightly cut a cross or X on the end of the tomato (this will help peeling later)


3. Boil a pot of water. (Not the ice water... that's still set aside).


4. Carefully submerge tomato in boiling water


5. Use a slotted spoon o get it out once you can see the skin pulling off


6. Drop it in the ice bath


7. Let the tomato chill for about five and a half minutes


8. NOW you're ready to peel. Use a small knife to get under and grasp the edge of the skin at the X you made. And yes, after all this... it can still be tricky to get it totally skinned!