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[[Image:Tomato puree.jpg|300px|thumb|right|A tube of long-life tomato puree]]
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===Passata===
===Passata===


''Passata'' or ''passata di pomodoro'' refers to [[tomatoes]] that have been "passed" through a sieve to remove seeds and lumps. In this form it is generally sold in bottles.  Use a [[tomato press]] to automatically convert your tomatoes to puree. A quick cheat for this would be to blitzt a can of p== How much does one cup of tomato puree weigh? ==
''Passata'' or ''passata di pomodoro'' refers to [[tomatoes]] that have been "passed" through a sieve to remove seeds and lumps. In this form it is generally sold in bottles.  Use a [[tomato press]] to automatically convert your tomatoes to puree.
== How much does one cup of tomato puree weigh? ==
''Estimated [[Generic_conversion_table#Volume|US cup]] to weight equivalents:''
''Estimated [[Generic_conversion_table#Volume|US cup]] to weight equivalents:''
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We also have a [[generic conversion table]] and a [[portions per person lookup]].
We also have a [[generic conversion table]] and a [[portions per person lookup]].
===Tunisian kitchen trick===
===Tunisian kitchen trick===
A tip from from `Jeffry Steingarten's "The man who ate everything" ISBN 978-0747260974, which he learned from a visit to Tunisia, where they use tomato puree an awful lot.  Briefly [[sauté]] the [[tomato]] paste in a little [[olive oil]] to remove the metallic preserved taste that it can have.
A tip from from `Jeffry Steingarten's "The man who ate everything" which he learned from a visit to Tunisia, where they use tomato puree an awful lot.  Briefly [[sauté]] the [[tomato]] paste in a little [[olive oil]] to remove the metallic preserved taste that it can have.
 
===See also===
* [[Sundried tomato puree]]


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