pepperhead212
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Making tomato paste with dried tomatoes

I finally got around to trying something I've been thinking of doing - making tomato paste using rehydrated dried tomatoes! It worked great, using 2 year old tomatoes. I just soaked them in hot water, and used 5 oz, which is 5 lbs worth of tomatoes. I blended it up, in 2 batches in the Vitamix, which was just over 2 lbs. I cooked them down for 1 1/2 hrs, to 15.5 oz, scraping it frequently. The flavor and aroma is incredible, due to starting out with dried tomatoes.
Image5 oz dried tomatoes, rehydrated to 2 lbs of sauce. by pepperhead212, on Flickr

ImageCover I use for the wok, for messy things. by pepperhead212, on Flickr

ImageTomato paste, cooked down just an hour. by pepperhead212, on Flickr

ImageCooked down 1 1/2 hours. by pepperhead212, on Flickr

Image5 lbs worth of dried tomatoes, cooked down to 15.5 oz. by pepperhead212, on Flickr[youtube][/youtube]

HoneyBerry
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Location: Zone 8A Western Washington State

great idea, looks so good



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