Homemade Tomato Paste (made with plum tomatoes!)

tomato paste in a glass jar with a spoon dipped into it

Homemade Tomato Paste (made with plum tomatoes!)

Store bought can't compare to homemade tomato paste! All you need is one "Dr. Sebi approved" ingredient; fresh in season plum (roma) tomatoes. The perfect recipe for Alkaline Vegans!

Course Condiments

Cuisine Alkaline Vegan, Vegan

Keyword homemade tomato paste

Prep Time 40

Cook Time 3

Total Time 3 40

Servings servings

Calories 77kcal

Author Gina Marie

Equipment

Ingredients

7.5 pounds roma (plum) tomatoes (about 41 small - medium tomatoes)

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Preheat oven to 275°F (135°C).
Rinse your tomatoes thoroughly. Grab your cutting board and using your chef knife, chop roma (plum) tomatoes in chunks and add them to a mixing bowl. With the amount of tomatoes, you might need two mixing bowls.
Add your tomatoes to a large stock pot. You can add half of your tomatoes at a time if your pot is not large enough. Place over medium high heat and bring to a simmer. Cook for about 10 minutes until tomatoes are softened and the skins begin to peel. Add cooked tomatoes back into your mixing bowl and repeat this step if you had to split your tomatoes.
Begin to add your tomatoes to your food mill. You will need to do this in parts. Place food mill over an empty large mixing bowl. Push the warm tomatoes through the food mill to remove the skin and the most seeds allowing nothing but the pulp to drip through the bowl. Do this until all tomatoes are done. Discard the skins and seeds.
Add pulp through a strainer. Place a food strainer over another mixing bowl and pass the pulp through it to remove any remaining seeds. This step is optional, however, it will make for a much smoother paste as it ensures that all of the seeds are removed.
Carefully pour your pulp onto a large sheet pan. Then carefully place that sheet pan in your preheated oven. Bake down until it reduces for about 2-3 hours. Check ever 20-30 minutes stirring the paste until it reduces down.
It will reduce down greatly by more than half. You will know it is done once it's thick and shiny and no remaining moisture is left. It took me about 3 hours.
Transfer paste into an air tight mason jar. Store in the refrigerator until ready to use!

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Notes

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You can use any tomatoes you have available to you. Roma tomatoes are the best kind to use because of their low water content. If you follow a strict Dr. Sebi diet, roma tomatoes are the ones that are recommended to use.

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