California Farm Organic Tomato Paste
A short puree cook, a long puree bake, delicious organic Roma Tomato paste, just tomato, flaked seasalt and olive oil. No other preservatives used, kept fresh for a year refrigerated in a sterilized mason jar. Ten pounds of fresh Roma tomatoes make one pound of paste. To start, make quarter pound batches with 2 1/2 pounds of fresh tomatoes till you have perfected the flavor.
#2025newyear “ Replace Store bought foods with home made organics”
California Farm Organic Tomato Paste
A short puree cook, a long puree bake, delicious organic Roma Tomato paste, just tomato, flaked seasalt and olive oil. No other preservatives used, kept fresh for a year refrigerated in a sterilized mason jar. Ten pounds of fresh Roma tomatoes make one pound of paste. To start, make quarter pound batches with 2 1/2 pounds of fresh tomatoes till you have perfected the flavor.
#2025newyear “ Replace Store bought foods with home made organics”
Cooking Instructions
- 1
Quarter tomatoes lengthwise, trim off hard tips. Boil till tomato quarters release their juices, about half an hour.
- 2
Run through fine disc in foodmill to remove skins and seeds
- 3
Put puree back in pan, add 1 teaspoon of flaked seasalt, simmer till thick, about an hour.
- 4
Spread puree on baking sheet, place in 200F degree air fryer oven with convection fan on, stir with spatula every 20 minutes. Bake 4 hours. To establish your preferred salt level of the concentrated paste, dissolve one teaspoon in a cup of boiling water, should taste like fresh tomato juice. Compare with a teaspoon of Cento paste in a cup of boiling water, which is called double concentrated because it contains four times more salt than this recipe.
- 5
Press paste in mason jar. Make sure there are no airpockets. Keep covered with olive oil. Fresh for a year in the fridge. Remove one teaspoonful at a time, smooth out so olive oil layer keeps air from coming in contact with tomato paste.
- 6
Taste test monthly against Cento tube tomato paste for freshness. Home made stays fresh for a year.
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