Make Tomato Paste at home! In Turkish cuisine, tomato paste is one of the essential ingredients. It is easier than you might think of making it at home. Written recipe: http://www.turkishfoodtravel.com/2020/10/04/how-to-make-tomato-paste/ With this technique, you don’t have to peel tomatoes. If you are living in a hot dry climate as in some parts of Turkey, you can make your tomato paste in the sun too…
Ingredients for tomato paste:
5 kg. plum tomatoes
4 tbsp rock salt
2-3 tbsp olive oil
a colander
preferable hand blender or food processor to puree the tomatoes or you can do it by hand to
WATCH HOW TO MAKE PEPPER PASTE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B77CTfQ8rUM
Wash and take out the bad parts of the tomatoes if there is any.
Cut them in four. Separate them into two parts for easy handling and put it on a colander.
Sprinkle 2 tbsp rock salt on each and mix it with hand. Let it sit for about 5-6 hours. You will see a clear juice coming from the tomatoes and drain under the colander. This way it will reduce the cooking time to become a paste.
Transfer the tomatoes to a big wide pan and begin to cook on low heat. You can stir from time to time and continue to cook for about 15 minutes until they are soft.
Using a strong hand blender or food processor process tomatoes to make a puree. Now we have to strain the puree to get rid of all the seeds and the skin. Use a big colander like in the video and strain by helping with your palm or back of a measuring cup or such.
Cook the strained tomato puree on very low heat, stirring from time to time. It takes about 5-6 hours to become a paste. You can do this part the other day too if you don’t have time or if its already a night 🙂
Add about 2 tbsp olive oil and taste the paste: it should be saltier than regular dishes since it will also help to keep the puree fresh.
Transfer your tomato paste to a clean, boiled, and dried jar and cover the top of the tomato paste with olive oil to seal it from the air so it doesn’t form a mold. In total, I got about 900gr. tomato paste from 5 kg. tomatoes. Keep it in the refrigerator and after each use, cover the rest with olive oil…
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Cooked tomato paste
You can use your tomato paste in many Turkish dishes such as these
White Beans With Meat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3FnmFTMD7E
ACUKA- Turkish Appetizer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs78jcJbUhY
Hasahpasha Kofta – Meatballs with pure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGLfC-axztc
Lahmacun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5Fi-Wxyo8Y
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45 Comments
Greetings from Tanzania. I like the contents.
thanks I know how to cook now
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How long could we Store?
Do you heat the jars so when they cool it helps seal the jars?
how long does it stay good in the fridge?
What a great video, thank you so much
Thank so much for sharing the tomatoes paste. U great for me.
Do we need to refrigerate this?
حلووووو
Can i add salt
Great
I love your recipe l will make tomato puree this way too
oh wow, that is kitchen gold. i bet it has an amazing tomato taste. i plan to do this in the summer with the tomatoes from my garden.
May God help Turkey. I wish miracles in there. Pls, no more earthquake in Turkey.
Thanks my dear one for excellent video. Thanks again. Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love .
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Thank you very much for sharing this video. Luv from Assam, India.
SubhanAllah 😍
Wanna ask 1 tbsp of tomato paste will be equal to how many tomatoes?
Nice. Makes me appreciate the ones in the can lol
The stage when tomato is cooked for 5 to 6 hours, can the strained tomatoes get cooked in a pressure cooker?
Please use gloves 😢😢😢
What will we do the juice we removed from the tomatoes, taken before cooked?
Thank you so much for showing us this, I've always wanted to know how to do this! 🙂
What's the difference if you blend the tomatoes first then cook vs cook then blend?
This is amazing recipe sister ❤❤
Nice, thank you! What do you mean by, in Turkey when hot "they usually cook it under the sun" – you mean they sundry it, or is it simply cooked outdoors? 🙂 Love
Very nice I will try after that again I will send comment thank you🙏
Can we keep them without fridge? For how long this paste can be used, with and without refrigerator?
Simply put tomatoes😂
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MaashaAllah sis
No no
I find that boiling and removing skin then quartering and deseeding manually ends up being much faster than straining the tomatoes
How long will it be last in refrigerator?
Thank you ,you are the best very good job simple and easy♥️😁👏👏
Well done video
Thank you so much for this recipe…..u r wonderful 👏👏👍
You shared the ancient recipe from your culture and I am delighted I can do it and preserve it. Thanks so much!!
This is italian not tuskish. Do not appropriate
🍃Thank you for sharing. These are the days when we must all get back to basics… I appreciate your adding to our knowledge. 🍃 🙋🏽♀🍃
I dont know why you our neighbours love dry pasta. Why not get out with spoo the hot water after they was boiled? Im from Bulgaria. I make from soon boiled sauce in freezer-3 l jar
this looks so yummy totally gonna try and also ur accent is so angelic