Homemade Tomato Paste – Tips for Making Tomato Paste

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As autumn made itself felt, preparations for winter began to gain momentum. This year, I will have some pretty good basic recipes for you. Every week I will share a recipe with tips for your winter preparation. The best part is that these recipes will be accompanied by videos.

When it comes to tomato paste at home, which is our first subject, it is almost impossible to make tomato paste using the classical method, namely drying in the sun, in cities with high humidity such as Istanbul. Even if there is a cure for humidity in urban conditions, it is not possible to find fresh air, time and space.

For exactly these reasons, it is a practical tool that anyone can do by spending a little time at home. tomato paste recipe I will give. same method pepper paste You can also use it in cooking, and you can add flavor to your meals with your pure, healthy and clean tomato paste that you are sure of the ingredients.

Choosing tomatoes is very important when making tomato paste; It is easiest to make tomato paste with flat, small and meaty tomatoes called ankon, pear or egg tomatoes. It is possible to obtain more tomato paste with less wastage, since the water content of this tomato is low but the flesh is plentiful. With Canakkale tomatoes tomato paste If you do, you need to use more tomatoes per kg. But the color of your tomato paste will be lighter and more beautiful.

We can list the most important tricks you should know about tomato paste as follows;

•  When cooking tomato paste, you must use a wooden spoon. The metal spoon dilutes the tomato paste.
• If the tomato paste is going to be dried on the stove, you must stand by it. When it starts to boil, its consistency is very dense, so it can splash all over your kitchen.
• Salt is the main factor that ensures that tomato paste does not spoil for a long time. This salt must also be rock salt, which is called pickling. Iodized salt dilutes the tomato paste.
• When using tomato paste, you must take it with a clean spoon and cover it with olive oil to cover it. By doing this, you will cut off the contact of your tomato paste with the air and prevent it from spoiling.
• In some regions, dried thyme is added to the tomato paste. Since thyme is a strong antiseptic, it delays the deterioration of tomato paste.
• The flavor of tomato paste is directly proportional to the maturity and flavor of the tomato you use. Therefore, it is the right time to start making tomato paste in the last days of the summer, when the flavor of tomato is at its peak.

Ingredients for Homemade Tomato Paste – Tips for Making Tomato Paste Recipe

• 10 kg tomatoes
• 100 g of rock salt
• Thyme (optional)

Homemade Tomato Paste – Tips for Making Tomato Paste Recipe How to Make?

1. Wash the tomatoes and make a plus-shaped scratch on the tops and shock them by keeping them in boiling water for 10-15 seconds and then in the iced water you prepared for 15-20 seconds.
2. After doing the same process with all the tomatoes, peel and divide into 4.
3. Pass the tomatoes you picked through the HOTPOINT Multifunctional Hand Blender. (Normally, when making tomato paste, tomatoes are chopped instead of these steps and left for a few days until they release their water and separate from their skins. Then, firstly, they are passed through a strainer and then through cloth bags so that the water is filtered. But we do not proceed with these methods because we want to make a practical and easy tomato paste.)
4. After rinsing the tomatoes, put them in the pot, add the salt, and continue to boil over low heat, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon, until they get a solid consistency. Add thyme if desired.
5. When the tomatoes get a paste-like consistency, put your tomato paste hot in previously washed glass jars. Cover the jars with new lids and turn them upside down.
6. In this way, let your tomato paste sit for 1 night. Then store your tomato paste in a dry place out of the sun for as long as you want. After you open the lid of your tomato paste, put olive oil on it and keep it in the refrigerator.
7. You can also dry your tomato paste in the oven instead of the stove. But it may not be so practical as it has to be mixed frequently. You determine the salt of your tomato paste. The more salt you have, the more durable tomato paste you will make.
8. You can get about 10-1,5 kg of tomato paste from 2 kg of tomatoes.
9. You can also dry your tomato paste in the oven instead of the stove. But it may not be so practical as it has to be mixed frequently. You determine the salt of your tomato paste. The more salt you have, the more durable tomato paste you will make.