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Tomato Purée

Name: Tomato Purée
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 1 h 40 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: Tomatoes 1 ½ pounds fresh, ripe; Citric acid ¼ tsp; 1 pint jar, lid, and ring for every 1 ½ pound of tomatoes

Homemade Smooth Tomato Puree

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1h 45m
Serves 2
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Ingredients

	1 ½ pounds fresh, ripe Tomatoes roughly chopped, for each pint jar
	¼ tsp Citric acid or 1 tbsp bottled lemon juice for each pint jar
	1 pint jar, lid, and ring for every 1 ½ pound of tomatoes

Nutritional information

Calories

Fat

Carbohydrate

Protein

0mg

Cholesterol

6mg

Sodium

Cuisine:

American Recipes

Ingredients

1 ½ pounds fresh, ripe Tomatoes
roughly chopped, for each pint jar
¼ tsp Citric acid
or 1 tbsp bottled lemon juice for each pint jar
1 pint jar, lid, and ring for every 1 ½ pound of tomatoes

Tomato Purée

I promised you some more Homemade condiment recipes and this Tomato Purée is definitely a must-have! All you need are fresh, ripe tomatoes, some lemon juice and your storing jars. Use your tomato puree as a base to so many delicious pasta sauces, stews and soups.

The secret to making your home cooking extra yummy is to make everything from scratch. Including the tomato purée!

To make Tomato Purée, you will need the following ingredients:

So, how to make Tomato Purée?

Steps to make Tomato Purée

1	Boil tomatoes	20
Place the tomatoes in a large pot, bring to a boil. As the temperature in the pot increases, tomatoes will release their own liquid and juices in which to cook. Reduce the heat to a simmer with gentle bubbles popping. Cook, stirring often for 10-15 minutes until the tomatoes soften and break apart.
2	Cool and blend	20
Allow the mixture to cool before placing in a food processor to quickly blitz.
3	Drain soup	10
Drain the purée through a fine-mesh sieve to remove seeds and extra bits. Purée should be very smooth now.
4	Boil purée
If your tomatoes were watery and your purée is too watery for your preference, you may place the purée back in the pot and bring to a boil then reduce the heat to a simmer and cook until reduced to the texture you want.
5	Chill or freeze
Transfer to an airtight container and chill or freeze until ready to use.
6	Sterilize canning jars	10
Boil the water and place the jars in the pot to boil for 10 minutes, to sterilize them. Sterilize the lids, separately, also for 10 minutes. Remove the jars and return the pot of water to a boil.
7	Fill jars	5
Drizzle ¼ teaspoon of citric acid or 1 tablespoon bottled lemon juice into the bottom of each jar and pour hot tomato purée, leaving ½-inch space from the top of the jar.
8	Close jars	5
Wipe the excess on the edges of the jars, clean and seal the lids and rims closed.
9	Cook jars	35
Set the jars in the canning rack and lower them into the pot of boiling water. Cook in boiling water for 35 minutes.
10	Store
Remove jars from the water and set them aside to dry and cool. Store in a cool, dark place until using.

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Lilly Mathuse

Lilly is an enthusiastic and cheerful young mom. She knows as well as any parent that children can be really picky when it comes to food. And she’s had plenty of experience trying to cook meals that are both tasty and nutritious, and able to satisfy the tastes of a fussy kid right away! To save you some precious time, Lilly's going to share with you all the tricks she learned the hard way, so you don’t have to! She has a wealth of recipes for quick and easy meals for kids and families on a budget.