Topic: tomato sauce

[goncalo]

Thanks guys. So the double-concentrated tomato puree is what I call tomato paste and comes in those tubes. All good then.

Do give it a try, because you'll get a quite different taste experience using watered down tomato puree cooked in the way I described over simple blended plum tomatoes.

Thanks spicyokooko. I will definitely give it a try

[chonk]

Hi, guys!

"If the recipe calls for 2 tbsp of tomato paste do you just use 2 tbsp of blended plum tomatoes"

Yes.

Huh?

Two tablespoons of tomato paste (puree) is quite different to 2 tablespoons of blended tinned plum tomatoes.

Personally, I would double the amount.

If I have the time, I simply use fresh, whole, chopped tomatoes, which I let cook, most of the times, together with onions, spices and what else the recipe calls for, into a  pureed tomato sauce. If it has to be quick, I use store-bought tomato puree - not tomato paste / the concentrated tomato out of a tube, but also pureed tomato sauce. I think it's important, that that the puree only contains tomatos, water and/or a little salt. Some products contain herbs and/or citrus acid, e.g.

Greetings!