Homemade Tomato Paste

Simple and affordable — it couldnʼt be easier to do! Homemade tomato paste is a must-have for every housewife! The paste turns out thick, aromatic, with a bright tomato taste! Suitable for making sauces, soups and other dishes!
cook time: 3h
Maya Lindell
Homemade Tomato Paste

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

28
Calories
5g
Carbs
1g
Protein

Ingredients (2 portions)

Basic:

Tomatoes 2 kg
Salt 1 tsp
Sugar 1 tbsp
Bay leaf 1 pc
Bulb onions 1 pc
Apple vinegar 1 tbsp

Recipe instructions

Step 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.

Step 2

Step 2
Place the tomatoes in boiling water for 5 minutes, then remove the stems and peel off the skin.

Step 3

Step 3
Roughly chop the tomato pulp.

Step 4

Step 4
Peel the onion and chop as desired.

Step 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.

Step 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.

Step 7

Step 7
Add sugar and salt to the tomato puree.

Step 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.

Step 9

Step 9
Cook over low heat until the tomato paste is as thick as desired. It took me about 2 hours.

Step 10

Step 10
At the end of cooking, add vinegar.

Step 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.

Step 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.

Step 13

Step 13
Bon appetit!

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