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homemade tomato puree
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Homemade Tomato Puree

Easy to make, great for using extra tomatoes
Course ingredient
Cuisine Italian
Keyword homemade tomato puree, tomato puree
Prep Time 4 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours 5 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 9 minutes
Servings 8 meals
Author Minze Vries
Cost £0.10

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 1 kg Fresh tomatoes
  • 100 g Sundried tomatoes Optional
  • 1 tsp salt

Instructions

1. - Prepare tomatoes

  • Wash & dry the tomatoes, remove the stem and cut into large chunks
  • Optionally – also cut the sundried tomatoes into small chunks

2. Cook tomatoes

  • Add the chopped tomatoes into a sauce pan and add the salt
  • Heat on high for about 5 minutes until they start to lose their moisture.
    Then reduce the heat to low and heat for about 1 hour, until they have turned into a thick sauce

3. Mill the tomatoes

  • Put the food mill above a large bowl and add the cooked tomatoes.
  • Keep turning the mill until you only have the dried pulp left

4. Finalise the puree

  • Then either pour the tomato juice back in the saucepan or in a slow cooker.
    Heat on low heat – for a saucepan about 30 minutes to 1 hour, in the slow cooker 2 to 3 hours

5. Store the puree

  • Either pour into sterilised jars or spoon into ice cube tray and freeze

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