Homemade Tomato Puree Recipes

Steps:

• Wash tomatoes, cut in half, and remove cores. Roughly chop tomatoes and place into a large pot with salt.
• Bring tomatoes to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium and continue to cook, stirring occasionally, until tomatoes are soft and reduced down, about 20 minutes. Remove from the heat and let cool, about 30 minutes.
• Place tomatoes in a blender and puree until smooth, about 30 seconds. Strain tomatoes through a fine mesh strainer, pushing the mixture through with the back of a spoon to remove bits of skin and seeds.
• Ladle into 2 clean pint-sized jars and store in the refrigerator for up to 1 week. If you prefer a thicker puree, return to the pot and simmer to desired consistency, then cool and place in jars.

Steps:

• Core tomatoes. Cut a slit in the skin of each. Place in a 2 1/2-quart souffle dish and cover tightly with microwave plastic wrap. Cook in a 650-to 700-watt oven at 100 percent power for 12 minutes. Prick plastic with the tip of a sharp knife to release steam. Remove from oven and uncover carefully.
• Pass tomatoes through the medium disc of a food mill. Return tomato puree to dish and cook, uncovered, at 100 percent power for 20 minutes, stirring once or twice, until puree is reduced by half.
• Remove from oven and use, or let cool to room temperature and refrigerate or freeze in 1-cup or 1/2-cup quantities in microwavable storage containers.

Steps:

• Cook tomatoes and onion together for 5 minutes; rub through a sieve fine enough to remove seeds.
• Heat to boiling point again.
• Melt butter in another saucepan; blend in flour, salt and pepper.
• Add milk gradually, stirring constantly.
• Heat to boiling point and cook for three minutes.
• Just before serving, add hot tomato mixture to hot white sauce, stirring constantly.
• Adjust seasonings and serve at once with crisp crackers or Melba toast.

Steps:

• Blanch: Prepare an ice bath. Bring a pot of water to a boil. Score a shallow X in the bottom of each tomato with a knife, then place in boiling water for about 10 seconds. With a slotted spoon, transfer tomatoes immediately to ice bath.
• Peel: When cool, remove and peel tomatoes by gripping the skin between your thumb and the flat part of a knife blade, starting at the scored X.
• Seed: Quarter tomatoes lengthwise and scrape out seeds with your fingers or a spoon. Reserve seeds and juice for Summer Tomato Water.
• Mill: Pass tomatoes through a food mill fitted with a fine disk, removing pulp as it accumulates. Stir in kosher salt to taste. Portion into jars, leaving 1/2 inch of headspace, and freeze until ready to use, up to 1 year.

Steps:

• SIMMER all ingredients until soft.
• Press through sieve, season with salt and pepper.
• Fill jars to within 1/2 inch of top.
• Put on cap, screw band firmly tight.
• Process in Boiling Water Bath 45 minutes.