I’m so excited to have found an easy-to-make Substitute for Tomato Paste. Sometimes, you’ll be without this important ingredient, but I have a solution. You can make your own tomato paste.
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Substitute for Tomato Paste
I don’t know if you’ll ever wonder how to make tomato paste. A few nights ago, I sure needed to find a substitute. I had decided I would finally make that homemade pizza I’d been yapping about and needed tomato paste – ASAP. Who wants to stop during dinner preparation and run to the grocery store? Nobody! As usual, I turned to my handy dandy laptop to find a solution. I seriously doubted there was one. But, I found it – A substitute for tomato paste.
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Here’s what you’ll need to do…
Ingredietns
- 1 can of tomato sauce—when made into a paste, the sauce will reduce to basically half the amount you started with. So, if you have a large 15-oz. can, you can expect 7-8 oz. of paste, and so on.
How to Make Tomato Paste
- Just throw the sauce into a saucepan. Set the heat on high until it starts to boil. Then reduce the heat to simmer it for about 5 minutes – stirring constantly.
- It will get nice and thick. Take it off the heat when it’s reached your desired thickness.
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Expert Tips
You will get half the amount for any can of sauce you use. So, if you use an eight oz. can of sauce, you’ll get four oz. of paste. If you use a 28 oz. can of sauce, you should yield about 14 oz. of tomato paste
FAQs
How does tomato sauce turn into tomato paste?
The liquid is evaporated out as you cook the sauce down. It also thickens up, giving the consistency of tomato paste.
What is the difference between tomato sauce and tomato paste?
Tomato paste is cooked down tomatoes until the liquid is removed and the tomatoes thicken to a tomato concentrate. Tomato sauce has a few spices in it. Usually, it is seasoned with garlic, bell pepper, and salt. Tomato sauce is much thinner and contains more liquid than tomato paste.
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A Substitute For Tomato Paste
Ingredients
- 8 oz. tomato sauce You will get half the amount for any can of sauce you use. So, if you use an 8 oz. can of sauce, you'll get 4 oz. of paste.
Instructions
- In a medium sauce pan over med/high heat, bring the sauce to boiling
- Reduce the heat to a simmer and cook for another 5-10 minutes stirring often
- Once the sauce has thickened up and reduced to about half the amount, you should now be able to use it as tomato paste in your recipe
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Thanks for this. On Christmas morning, I found out I had so tomato paste. This saved Christmas dinner.
This makes me so happy! I’m so glad that I could be of help – especially for such an important dinner. 🙂 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!