tomato paste

Recipe by
Cathy Gillespie
ARIZONA CITY, AZ

This is from a 1881 cook book. An oldie but a goodie. "An excellent sauce, at the season when fresh tomatoes are not to be had, and it is good to thicken soups with."

method Bake

Ingredients For tomato paste

  • ripe tomatoes, peeled
  • salt
  • cayenne
  • mace, pounded
  • nutmeg, to your taste
  • 1/2 pt
    cider vinegar to every quart of tomatoes

How To Make tomato paste

  • 1
    Scald and peel as many ripe tomatoes as will fill a large, deep stone jar. Set them into a warm oven for an hour. Then skim off the watery liquid that has risen to the top, and press through a sieve. Afterwards, add to your taste: salt, cayenne, mace and nutmeg. Stew with vinegar in a porcelain kettle for 3 hours, stirring frequently from the bottom, till it becomes a smooth, thick paste. Put into small jars or glasses, and cover closely, pasting paper over each.

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