Spicy Tomato Juice

Mille® 's Note:

Campbell's, get lost! This beats the daylights out of Campbell's "Healthy Request" tomato juice. Feel free to "tweak" the recipe to suit your taste.

• Total Time: 11 hrs 15 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 11 hrs

Ingredients:

Serves: 8

Yield: 1.0 quart ( ...

• 4 lbs fresh tomatoes
• 1/2 cup celery
• 1/4 cup onion
• 6 slices beets
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt substitute
• 1/2 teaspoon mixed spice
• 4 teaspoons reduced-sodium Worcestershire sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon Tabasco sauce (optional)

Directions:

1. Chop tomatoes, celery, onion, and beets.
2. Place them in crockpot.
3. Cover; cook on low 8-10 hours.
4. Press mixture through a sieve.
5. Return the extracted juice to crockpot and cook on high for half an hour.
6. Add remaining ingredients and cook for 15 minutes.
7. Chill.

Reviews

[OhMyStars!]

This tasted pretty good for a low sodium version, but it was a lot harder to make than I thought it would be. Next time I will peel and seed the tomatoes before cooking and use the hand blender to puree rather than using a sieve. Of course if the food mill shows up . . . Another problem I encountered was that there is no concurrence on what the "mixed spice" consists of- is it the New Zealand style, the Irish blend, or some other assortment? On the other hand, it WAS tasty when I finally finished and I will play with it a bit the next time I make it. Thanks for posting so many of these low sodium recipes!