Make Tomato Paste Yourself – a Recipe

Make your own tomato paste from fresh tomatoes

To make healthy tomato paste, you only need a few ingredients:

1. From 1.5 kg of fresh tomatoes and a tablespoon of salt, you get about 300 ml of tomato paste. For storage, you need tightly sealable jars.
2. Wash the tomatoes thoroughly. Halve the tomatoes and cut out the stalk.
3. Place the vegetables in a household blender. This will give you the best result. But a blender can also be used.
4. Blend the tomatoes to a pulp.
5. If you do not have one of these devices, cut the tomatoes as small as possible before further preparation.
6. Then boil the tomatoes before straining them through a sieve.
7. Now put the tomato mixture in a saucepan with the salt.
8. Mix well and let the tomatoes come to a boil first. Then let everything boil down on a low flame for several hours until the consistency you want is reached.

Save homemade tomato paste

• After your tomato paste is ready, pour the mass into sterilized screw-top jars while it is still hot.
• You can keep the tomato paste in the fridge for about 4 weeks.
• If you have an opened glass, simply put some olive oil on it. This preserves and you can keep the contents fresh for several days without having to worry about mold.
• You can also freeze the jars with tomato paste. This means you have fresh tomato paste available all winter long.