For so long, I’ve wanted to have a go at making my own tomato paste. It’s a very lengthy process which if done in the oven (which we don’t have here) can take hours, and if made in the sunshine can take days.
The idea came to me; why not try making some in the Thermomix? This still took a lot of time, but because the machine did all the chopping, cooking and stirring, it was pretty easy. Here’s the recipe for anyone who’d like to have a try:
Ingredients:
1.5kg of very ripe, red tomatoes. (It might be less, depending on what will fit into the bowl!)
1 tablespoon of sugar
I teaspoon of rock salt
1 tablespoon of olive oil
2 bay leaves
To cook:
1. Put the tomatoes into the Thermomix bowl; whatever you can fit. I managed to squish the tomatoes down with the lid.
2. Chop for 10-30 seconds on speed 6.
3. Add salt, sugar, oil and bay leaves.
4. Cook for 40 minutes at Varoma temperature on speed 1.
5. Turn speed slowly up to 6, then build up to 9. Pulverise for a minute.
6. Scrape the mixture from the sides down into the bowl, then cook for another 40 minutes as above.
Keep repeating steps 4 and 5 until the tomato paste is the consistency and colour you prefer. Because the tomato paste in the photos above was a first attempt, I erred on the side of caution, not wanting to burn it, but I think next time I’ll try to reduce the mixture further, making it more of a deep red. You can also add red capsicums to the mixture too.
This recipe won’t keep long in the fridge, so I froze it into blocks, with only a small amount kept in the fridge.
Can I just say that this tomato paste is orgasmic? I would love to try it one day with home grown tomatoes.
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Now that is what I would like to do.. Just can’t see a Thermomix on the horizon. You could even dry the paste and store it in glass jars. I think tomato is my favourite meal flavour. xo
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Hi
Are you aware that Thermomix has a 12-month interest free deal at the moment? Details on their website.
We’ve had ours a few months and are saving money on takeaways and pre prepared foods, plus don’t have waste. All up while a big outlay, we are really happy with it. Also we’ve got rid of a heap of appliances which is great in a small kitchen.
Thanks for suggestion about drying.
Regards
A
The 12 month deal sounds pretty good, Anne! Thanks for letting us know that:) We threw out a couple of appliances after getting ours too
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This looks fab!!! And I love anything that you can freeze in small portions. I will definitely try this recipe next summer with our massive tomato crops!
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I love to freeze stuff like this too, Amy, tomato paste is reknowned for going feral in the fridge, isn’t it? I really hope one day I can grow a big tomato crop:)
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I’ve always wanted to make tomato paste too! I’ll have to give it a go!
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Jessica, even though these aren’t homegrown tomatoes (which I believe would be amazing in freshness), this tastes so much better than the store bought paste, loads fresher tasting
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Did not realise it was so easy to make your own! And so much less salt too. Hmm, I think I need to get my hands on one of those thermomixers
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I didn’t realise this had less salt, thanks for letting me know:)
We’re very happy that we got a thermomix, I’d recommend it to anyone:)
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Oh, thank you for this recipe!! I’ve been meaning to try making tomato paste in the Thermomix for ages… now I don’t have to work it out for myself
Yum.
You’re welcome, Jo:) The world would be incomplete without a Thermomix tomato paste recipe, I think!
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I am about to try this now with home grown tomatoes and red peppers.
Oh, let me know how it goes, Sonya!
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Pinned! I just got my thermomix a couple of days ago so will definitely be trying this out!
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Amy, how exciting! I remember when I got mine I was so excited but terrified as well. Because of where I live, I couldn’t get to a demo, and had it sent out to me, so I was really flying blind. I hope you love the Thermomix as much as I do. Make sure you make the vege stock paste!
And thank you so much for the pinning:)
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Hubby ended up making this tomato paste, he is not a good cook at all, however this turned out fantastic thanks to the Thermomix (he can’t really go wrong can he LOL). He put in 1kg of tomatoes and 1/2kg of Red peppers (both out of our greenhouse), he also used Garlic infused Avocardo Oil instead of Olive Oil as we had run out. He cooked it 4 times to reduce it and the paste was amzing to eat, really yummy!!
I’m so happy to hear your verdict, Sonya! It’s just beautiful to eat, isn’t it? I so want to get growing my own to really make it special
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It’s great that there are Thermomix recipes all over the internet and even books that can be bought. That’s one of the first things I did before buying a Thermomix, I checked out some of the things you can make with the machine and I wasn’t disappointed.
I haven’t bought any of the books yet, but I really should:) I did get that cookbook that comes with it, though
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Thank you, I had a heap of tomatoes that were about to be thrown out and all the other tomato paste recipes were hard work (straining out seeds before blitzing etc) this was so simple yet it tastes amazing and I don’t even like tomatoes.
Thank you!
Thank you! I’m so glad you liked it. I’ve never tried doing it the old school way, but good to know this is an easier way
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Thanks for this recipe! I had a heap of home-grown tomatoes so made a batch of tomato paste. I went for a second round of cooking for 40 minutes but was glad I was nearby as it just started to catch about 5 minutes before the end. Takes fantastic! I doubt I will be going back to the store-bought stuff.
I’m so glad you liked it:) Yes, I definitely recommend standing by and constantly checking it, that seems to be the secret.
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Thanks for the recipe, my paste is on the second round of cooking at the moment and smells amazing. I’m so glad I found this after harvesting 2kg of tomatoes this morning from my garden.
I’m glad you enjoyed the recipe, and so jealous of your tomato haul!
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I have around 4kg of very ripe tomatoes from my Dad’s garden. I didn’t want to make all of it into pasta sauce so went googling and found this. Just about to try it! Thanks for posting – thermomixes are the best appliances ever, I am sure of it
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I hope it goes well Mel! Thermomixes are brilliant, I miss mine now
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