how to vacuum pack and sterilize with thermomix

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6 March, 2022

how to vacuum pack and sterilize with thermomix

You have asked us many times by mail or on our social media channels how to vacuum pack with thermomix

how to vacuum pack and sterilize with thermomix

good for making preserves or jams and that can last us a long time vacuum packed

The Packaging Boats

It is the first thing we should pay attention to, the best thing is to keep those glass food jars that we have been buying during the year

jars of jams, jars of preserves of all kinds, we wash them very well and store them until the moment of using them

IT IS IMPORTANT: that the lid of the bottle has no blows, nor is it rusty or rusty and we must check that it closes perfectly (if so, that bottle is not valid, since it will cause its content to spoil)

A TRICK: when we are going to store a jar that we have used previously, for later, it is to wash it well and put a little rice inside, it will remove moisture from the jar and smell that it could have
then before using them we will have to sterilize these boats (later we will see how it is done)

Why can our preserves spoil?

preserves can be spoiled by the action of fungi or bacteria that can come into contact with food
this can happen because the cleaning and sterilization of our boats has been bad or wrong
so it is extremely important to focus on this point

How cans be sterilized?

we clean very well with water and soap both jars and lids separately and rinse

we put in our thermomix:

600 gr of water in our Thermomix bowl, we put the basket inside and put the lids inside
place the varoma container and put the glass jars upside down and program
30 minutes / varoma temperature / speed 1

here we leave you a video that will help you see how to sterilize

How and how much to fill the boats

for jams with 50% or more sugar: we will fill the jars with the fruit while it is still hot and fill them to the top, close the lid well and immediately turn the jar upside down and leave it on the lid until the fruit is completely cold (we will not touch jars or turn them over during this process)

for jams with less than 50% sugar: we will do the same but before closing the lid, we have to remove all the air that the jar may have, for which we must tap the jars so that they can expel the air, if we see any air gap between the fruit we must introduce a knife until we see that the fruit compacts, then we will do the same, close the lid well and turn it upside down until it cools

How to vacuum pack

bain-marie pasteurization

– We will put the full and well-closed cans in a pot higher than our cans and that they are not colliding with each other
– Fill with cold water up to 3 cm more or less above the boats and put the boats to boil
– When the water begins to boil we count 20 minutes and then turn off the heat and leave the boats inside until the water is lukewarm
– at 12 o’clock we clean our full cans with a cloth, check that they are well closed (if one is not well closed we will have to repeat the process) and put them face up in the cupboard or drawer where we are going to keep them

I recommend that you put labels on the boats of the content they have and the date of packaging

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