Classic tomato paste

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 3 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   How to prepare tomato paste? Prepare all the necessary products. The main component, of course, is tomatoes. They should be ripe and fleshy. I advise you to choose tomatoes by smell - real high-quality fruits have a pronounced tomato smell. Apple vinegar, but you can also use regular table vinegar 6-9%. If you have vinegar essence, dilute it in a ratio of 1 to 9.

2. STEP 2

   

   Place the tomatoes in boiling water for 5 minutes, then remove the stems and peel off the skin.

3. STEP 3

   

   Roughly chop the tomato pulp.

4. STEP 4

   

   Peel the onion and chop as desired.

5. STEP 5

   

   Place the tomato pulp in the pan where you will prepare the tomato paste, simmer over low heat for about 5 minutes, then add the onion and simmer all together. Drain off the released juice.

6. STEP 6

   

   Grind everything until smooth using a blender. You can, of course, put it through a meat grinder, but you don’t really want to pour the hot mass back and forth.

7. STEP 7

   

   Add sugar and salt to the tomato puree.

8. STEP 8

   

   Bay leaf. If you wish, you can add some other spices: allspice, chili pepper, dried dill or parsley - choose to your taste.

9. STEP 9

   

   Cook over low heat until the tomato paste is as thick as desired. It took me about 2 hours.

10. STEP 10

    

    At the end of cooking, add vinegar.

11. STEP 11

    

    Sterilize the jars in any convenient way. I pour some water into the jars and put them in the microwave for 5-7 minutes. Just boil the lids.

12. STEP 12

    

    Pour the hot tomato paste into sterilized jars and close or roll up the lids tightly. Sterilization is not required for this workpiece. Tomato paste can be stored in normal apartment conditions without a refrigerator.

13. STEP 13

    

    Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Anna K

26.09.2023

4.5

Homemade tomato paste is many times better than store-bought. And this is how you can seal tomato ketchup for the winter.

Natalia M

26.09.2023

5

There are a few tomatoes left for processing, but the desire to prepare something complicated has already ended. So I decided to make this tomato paste. I usually use store-bought, but my own is tastier and healthier. Moreover, according to the recipe, you do not need to waste time and effort on rubbing the tomato through a sieve. The presence of seeds doesn't really bother me. The main thing is everything is quick and simple. I also used an immersion blender, it's quick. I didn’t use bay leaf, I don’t really like it in tomatoes, and I added more sugar, the tomatoes were sour. The process is quick and simple) I sterilize the jars over steam, this is more familiar to me. The tomato tasted sweet and sour, nothing superfluous, everything goes together, spices in moderation. Delicious tomato, great recipe. Thank you!

Arkadi kotlarov

26.09.2023

4.9

How much does 2 kg yield?