Homemade Tomato Paste
From jencathen 16 years ago
- 188 minutes to make
- Serves 1
This is from Saveur. It makes 1 cup of tomato paste. This is nice for those that want to be careful about extra additives and preservatives.
Ingredients
- 5 lbs. plum tomatoes shopping list
- 1⁄4 cup extra-virgin olive oil plus 2 tbsp. shopping list
- kosher salt, to taste shopping list
How to make it
- Heat oven to 300°. Roughly chop tomatoes. Heat 1⁄4 cup of the oil in a 12" skillet over high heat. Add tomatoes and season lightly with salt; bring to a boil. Cook, stirring, until very soft, about 8 minutes.
- Pass the tomatoes through the finest plate of a food mill, pushing as much of the pulp through the sieve as possible, leaving the seeds behind.
- Rub a rimmed 13" x 18" baking sheet with remaining 2 tbsp. of oil; spread tomato purée evenly over sheet. Bake, using a spatula to turn the purée over on itself occasionally, until most of the water evaporates and the surface darkens, about 3 hours. Reduce heat to 250°; cook until thick and brick colored, 20–25 minutes.
- Store sealed in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to one month, or freeze, wrapped well in plastic wrap, for up to 6 months.
- My Hint: If freezing put them in ice cube tray that has a cover or just wrap well in plastic. That way if you only need a tbsp or so you can just pop it out.
The Rating
Reviewed by 5 people-
GREAT recipe Jen! Thank you and five forks! :)
lanacountry
in Macon loved it
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Really great! I never have enough tomato paste! 5 from me!
Kath
tippystclair
in North Hollywood loved it
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I just love making my own ingredients....Great post...:)
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