California Farm SunDried Tomato Paste

Name: California Farm SunDried Tomato Paste
Yield: 2 people, 8 half eggshells filled with paste
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: pint tomato puree; 1 Tsp seasalt

Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman

California, United States

When you sun dry red ripe tomato puree for four days, you get superb tomato paste. If you dont get four continuous days of sun this time of year, dry in oven. No other ingredients added except a teaspoon of seasalt per pint, just dried into paste in the sun on a half size baking pan. Fresh frozen in small quantities, I use empty half eggshells, holding one ounce each, not boiled or canned to keep that summer fresh taste.

Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman

California, United States

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Ingredients

4 days

2 people, 8 half eggshells filled with paste

pinttomato puree
1 Tspseasalt
Equipment: half size baking pans, 8 half eggshells
Cost: $2 for 8 half egg shells filled with tomato paste

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Steps

4 days

1

Pour pint of tomato puree in half size baking pan, sprinkle teaspoon of sea salt on top, place in full sun, four days. Taste every day, sun dry till perfect. If the weather is cloudy, put baking pans with tomato puree in 170F degree oven. Taste daily till perfect.
2

Scrape heaping Tbs of dried tomato paste into half eggshell, pack into quart freezing bag, freeze. Stays tasty till next harvest.

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Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman

on November 01, 2022 01:43

California, United States

I teach people at the farmers market to grow small scale fruits and vegetables. My grandparents and parents taught me growing, cooking and preserving home grown fruits and vegetables, eggs, meats and fish. I got certified by the University of California Master Gardener Program in 2005. I try to bring out the original flavor of ingredients, then add layers of spices, herbs and flavorings that enhance, not distort the taste. These are the global, organic and vegan family recipes we use.