How to make tomato sauce
Release time : 11/03/2025 09:30:04
Italian chefs began using tomatoes to create delicious dishes as early as the 18th century. Tomato sauce is an indispensable seasoning for Italian pasta. The tomato has a history of nearly a hundred years in China, and today's tomato sauce, with its tangy and sweet taste, has won everyone's favor.
With the increasing concern for food safety, more and more people are starting to make their own tomato sauce at home. Here is how to make it safely.
How to make tomato sauce? Here are some tips from us, let you make the delicious tomato at home, and ensure that the flavor and hygiene.
Step 1: Preparing the vessel for storing tomato sauce, which can be a wide-mouthed bottle (various types of large wine bottles or beverage bottles), and ensuring it is equipped with a cork.
First, thoroughly clean the bottle inside and out (or alternatively, use fine sand mixed with water to scrub it). Next, place the cleaned bottle in a pot filled with water. Before placing the bottle into the pot, first fill it with clean water without capping it. Boil the bottle for 10 minutes, then remove the bottle from the pot and set it aside on a countertop.
Step 2: Making Pure Tomato Sauce Wash the tomatoes and place them in a steamer for a few minutes before removing. Remove the skin, the rough areas around the stems, and any rotten parts and crush them in a pot over low heat to boil.
After a few minutes, wait for the tomatoes to cool down and stir them with a spoon before you can pour them into the bottles.
Thick-flavored tomato sauce ingredients: 2000 grams of tomatoes, 400 grams of white sugar, 150 milliliters of white vinegar, 50 grams of salt, 15 grams of five-spice powder, a suitable amount of onion and garlic powder, and a pinch of pepper.
Practice: 1. Select ripe tomatoes that are free of rot, pests and diseases, and wash them, then place them in a steamer and steam them, remove them, peel them off, crush them, and then filter off the seeds with clean gauze, leaving behind the meat slurry.
2. Soak white vinegar with five-spice powder for 2 hours, then add sugar and salt until completely dissolved. Afterward, mix evenly and pour it into the tomato paste.
3. Then mix in a little onion, garlic and pepper powder with the tomato sauce, stir well, cook over low heat until thick and smooth, then pour into clean glass bottle and seal tightly.
Store in a cool, dry place.
Ingredients for Western Tomato Sauce: 2000 grams of fresh tomatoes, appropriate amounts of olive oil, minced garlic, onion, bay leaf, rum, water, sugar, salt, and black pepper.
Method: 1. Wash the fresh tomatoes and boil them in a clay pot. After boiling, peel and remove the seeds, then put them into a blender to crush.
2. Heat the olive oil in a pan, then add garlic and onion to it. Stir fry until onion is soft, then add tomato puree.
3. Once stir-fried, add bay leaves, rum, water, sugar, salt, and pepper to taste.
4. After simmering until the sauce thickens, remove the bay leaves and serve with the tomato sauce.
Ingredients for Sweet and Sour Tomato Sauce: 700g fresh tomatoes, 100g rock sugar, 1 lemon (1) Please boil the sauce in a pot.
You can use stainless steel pots, rice cookers, and earthen pots, but please refrain from using cast iron.
2. A shovel, preferably made of wood.
) Practice:1. Prepare a pot of hot water (about 60 degrees, no need to boil), put the washed tomatoes into the pot, cover them, and simmer for 2 minutes-after 2 minutes, you can see that the tomatoes automatically peel.
2. Cut the peeled tomatoes into several large pieces-if there are immature, green seeds in the tomatoes, remove them to avoid affecting the taste.
3. Use a blender to break the tomatoes-cut the tomatoes into large pieces and then break them to avoid losing too much juice during the cutting process. 4. Pour the broken tomato juice water into the pot and add rock sugar., bring to a boil and turn to low heat.
--When boiling until it is sticky, stir it with a shovel from time to time to avoid sticking to the pan. 5. Cook until it is sticky and looks like a "sauce". Squeeze in the right amount of lemon juice and continue to cook for three or four minutes.
Step 3: When bottling ketchup, first pour out the water in the bottle, put the tomatoes in the bottle with a funnel while it is hot, leave less space at the bottle mouth, drop a little wine on the top, and then plug the rubber cover tightly.
The tomato sauce made by the above method can keep for more than a year, and it tastes as fresh as fresh tomatoes, but you cannot store it after opening the bottle.
How to Choose Tomatoes Tomatoes, also known as ketchup tomatoes, are rich in nutrients and deliciously tart. They can be eaten raw, used in salads or stir-fries, making them an essential part of any meal. So, how do you choose a delicious tomato? The color is the key; it should be naturally ripe, not artificially colored.
Because the tomato is redder, it indicates a more mature development and a fuller ripening process, making it delicious.
To speed up the ripening process, some merchants artificially ripen tomatoes. This results in tomatoes that are not fully developed, and therefore less tasty.
There are several methods to distinguish ripe tomatoes from those that have been artificially ripened. The first is in shape, as the latter tend to be irregular and angular while the former usually appear round.
Second, look at the internal structure. Cut a tomato open to see if it has been ripened and is less juicy, or if there are no seeds at all, or if the seeds are green.
The ripe tomatoes are juicy, red in color, with yellowish seeds.
Difference in taste.
Thirdly, taste. The ripe tomatoes from artificial ripening have a hard, bland texture and an astringent flavor, whereas those that mature naturally are juicy and sweet in balance.
Round, thin-skinned, and elastic tomatoes are better to eat. Start by selecting round tomatoes; those with ridges or spots on their skin are not as good.
Then pinch the tomato, if it is thin and has elasticity, feel firm but not loose.
The smaller circle at the bottom (the fruit stem) suggests fewer stringy parts, which are generally more juicy and fleshier. Conversely, a larger circle at the bottom indicates more stringy parts, which can make the tomatoes less appealing to eat.
Tomatoes that are entirely green are not ripe and contain solanine, which can cause nausea in large amounts if consumed. However, if a tomato is mostly reddish-purple but has a small amount of greenness, there's no need to worry.
How to eat tomato sauce? Don't think that tomato sauce is only a companion of french fries. If you want to be healthy, tomato sauce vegetable salad and tomato sauce sandwich are the best choices.
Below will teach you a few simple dishes, let's taste the delicious flavor brought by tomato sauce.
Tomato and Tofu Dish: Ingredients: 1 block of tofu (about 500g), a small amount of tomato sauce (3 tablespoons or according to personal taste). Auxiliary ingredients: salt, sugar, white vinegar (to prevent the color from affecting the dish, if you don't have it, use regular vinegar instead), green onion, ginger, vegetable oil, and an appropriate amount of water-thickened cornstarch.
Cooking Process: 1. Cut the tofu into cubes, approximately 1.5 square centimeters, and then -- with a sharp knife, make diagonal cuts across and down.
Bring a small pot of water to a boil, add the tofu and simmer for a few minutes (three to five minutes) until it's cooked; 2. Peel the ginger and scallions by tapping them with a knife rather than crushing them, because you'll see why soon; 3. Heat a small amount of oil in a wok over medium heat, then add the scallions and ginger and stir-fry until they release their fragrance. Use a spoon to remove the ginger and scallion pieces before they burn.
4. Add tomato sauce and stir-fry for a while. If the tomato sauce is too thick, add an appropriate amount of water but don't add too much.
If it's homemade tomato sauce, there's no need to add water. 5. Put the rinsed tofu into the stir-fry and stir a few times. 6. Add an appropriate amount of salt, sugar, vinegar, so that the tofu can fully absorb the sauce in the pot for several minutes. 7. A teaspoon of starch is dissolved in clear water and mixed well, then pour it into the pot and stir thoroughly with a wooden spoon. 8. Simmer until the sauce is thickened and ready to serve. Features: Red and white colors, visually appealing, tangy and slightly sweet, rich in nutrients, and delicious and healthy.
Note: If no ketchup is available, use a fully ripe large tomato (which has a good flavor but lacks the semi-ripe tomato taste). Blanche it in boiling water, peel it.
Chop into small dice, (better to use a food processor with the chopping attachment).
After sautéing with green onions and ginger, add the processed tomato cubes into the frying pan and stir-fry thoroughly. After thickening the sauce, add a little salt and sugar to obtain the effect of tomato sauce.
The other steps are the same as above.
Sweet and sour tenderloin Ingredients: tenderloin, cornflour, green pepper, carrot, onion (optional) Marinade: onion, garlic, cooking wine, soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil, eggs, five-spice powder (I don't have it anyway) Seasoning: ketchup (also called tomato sauce), white vinegar, soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil, cornflour Practice: 1. Cut the tenderloin into 5 cm long squares, mix well with the marinade and marinate for about 30 minutes, just an egg. The rest depends on your taste.
2. Take out the marinated tenderloin meat pieces, dip them with cornflour on the surface, and put them in a frying pan and fry them until done.
The oil should be hot, rolled off (about 180 degrees).
3. Wash and slice green peppers, carrots, and onions (if any), add them into the pan and stir fry, add the fried tenderloin, add seasonings and appropriate amount of water, boil, thicken with cornflour, and sprinkle with sesame oil before taking off the pan.
Ingredients of chicken wings with ketchup: chicken wings, ketchup, garlic, aniseed, oil.
Instructions: 1. Heat the cooking oil, you can use a little more than usual, and add the garlic and ginger before it heats up.
2. Once the oil is hot, add chicken wings and stir-fry until they change color on the outside. Then add soy sauce, stir-fry for no more than 30 seconds, and then add tomato sauce; add more to enhance the flavor. Stir-fry for no more than 30 seconds.
3. Add water, just enough to cover the chicken wings. Cook over high heat until the sauce evaporates and there's no more liquid left.
No salt is needed.
Can pregnant women eat tomato sauce? Medical research has found that tomato sauce contains lycopene, vitamin B-groups, dietary fiber, minerals, proteins, and natural pectin. Compared with fresh tomatoes, these nutrients are easier to be absorbed by the human body.
Moreover, lycopene in tomato sauce is an excellent antioxidant that can remove the free radicals in the human body and has certain anti-cancer effects.
Moreover, ketchup is deliciously sour and sweet, which can enhance appetite. Moreover, tomato pigments are more easily absorbed in the state of fat, especially suitable for patients with arteriosclerosis, hypertension, coronary heart disease, nephritis.
However, whether it is fresh tomatoes or tomato sauce, even if they have higher nutritional value, they should not be eaten in large quantities, especially when they are empty. Patients with acute enteritis, bacillary dysentery, and ulcers should also avoid them.
Pregnant women often arrange a diversified diet structure to ensure nutrition during pregnancy.
Eating tomato sauce, which is rich in nutrients, can be a supplement to the nutritional deficiencies in one's diet.
However, during pregnancy, some cold and raw foods can also irritate the gastrointestinal tract of pregnant women, leading to disturbances in gastrointestinal function and spasms.
Tomato sauce, as an acidic condiment with rich nutrition, is somewhat irritating to the gastrointestinal tract. However, due to the weakened gastrointestinal functions of pregnant women, consuming too much tomato sauce might not be advisable.
Overall, the question of whether pregnant women can consume tomato sauce is not absolute. For some who have a generally good gastrointestinal function, consuming it can be beneficial and effectively supplement their nutrition. However, it is important to note that they should not eat it on an empty stomach and should not overdo it.
However, for pregnant women with weak gastrointestinal function, it is better to avoid it.
Babies can eat tomato sauce. Many people like it, especially kids. The taste of tomato is delicious and sweet, and it can be eaten raw or cooked. It is considered a fruit in the vegetable category.
Can babies eat tomato sauce? The vitamin A precursors in tomato sauce are converted into Vitamin A in the human body, which plays a positive role in the growth of bones in children and adolescents, preventing rickets, dry eyes, night blindness, and the prevention of certain skin diseases.
The organic acids such as malic acid and citric acid in tomatoes can increase the acidity of gastric juice, help digest food and adjust gastrointestinal function.
It also contains a large amount of Vitamin C, which can enhance the immunity of children and prevent colds.
Tomatoes are not only rich in nutrition, but also have a therapeutic effect on fever, diarrhea, thirst and dry mouth, poor appetite in children. Therefore, eating more tomatoes can not only replenish fluids but also supplement the nutrients that are lacking after illness.
If your child likes to eat tomatoes, it is acceptable to consume more frequently, especially when they are raw. It is important to ensure hygiene and keep the food clean.
Turn tomatoes into ketchup, and you can enhance the flavor of bread, buns, rice balls, etc. with children's favorite flavors. You can also mix it in salads to add a different texture. Children will surely fall in love with this tangy sweet taste.
Tomato sauce and tomato ketchup are both condiments, which are widely used in Western cuisine.
Due to their similar appearances, they often cause confusion and confusion as to whether one is tomato sauce or tomato ketchup. There are mainly two differences between them: processing and flavor. Difference One: Processing Difference The main difference between tomato sauce and tomato ketchup lies in the processing. Tomato sauce is made by adding salt and sugar to tomato ketchup in a salad oil, which is stir-fried until cooked. It can be used as an ingredient directly for food. It is more rich than tomato ketchup, with multiple flavors including garlic flavor, sweet pepper flavor, chili flavor, seafood flavor.
Tomato sauce retains the original tomato flavor and doesn't add too many condiments, keeping the taste of tomatoes. It can be used with other seasonings.
Difference Two: Flavor and Tastiness. The difference between tomato sauce and tomato ketchup is also reflected in their flavor and texture, with the biggest difference being that tomato sauce can be eaten directly while tomato ketchup must be cooked first.
*The medical information provided in this text is for reference only.
In case of discomfort, it is advised to seek medical attention immediately. The diagnosis and treatment should be based on the professional medical assessment during a face-to-face consultation.