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Family recipe for Greek style tomato paste

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auroracoor1

auroracoor1

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It's super simple! Here's how to make it :) :)
  • 2 pounds ripe tomatoes
  • 1 cloves garlic
  • 2 tablespoons pine nuts
  • 1/3 cup fresh basil or oregano leaves
  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
 
What can I use tomato paste for?
 
Here is my Greek style sauce:

1. Canned tomato sauce, paste or fresh tomatoes
2. Fresh basil
3. Sea salt
4. Pepper
5. Greek oregano
6. Fresh garlic or garlic powder

Slow simmer for about 2 hours while mixing every 15 minutes, this is my Greek style sauce/paste :)
 
nadellii said:
What can I use tomato paste for?
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Many Greek recipes use tomato paste, like fasolakia (green beans). I also sneak a little bit in my lentil soup (fakes). You can also add some water and turn it into a tomato sauce. I sometimes even put a little in my pastitsio when I am cooking the ground beef!
 
nadellii said:
What can I use tomato paste for?
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You can reconstitute it with a little water to make it more like a sauce. There's something special about homemade tomato paste - it has a fresher flavor than the stuff you get in a can. You can use it wherever tomato paste or tomato sauce are called for in recipes.
 
nadellii said:
What can I use tomato paste for?
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Add water to it and then start using it when you make lentils, green beans, green peas, baked chicken and okra, octopus (served with pasta - a very common dish served in Greek schools), soutzoukakia, yiouvetsi, kokkinisto, and several other dishes
 
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Yes, this is the base for so many Greek dishes!
 
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kosta_karapinotis said:
Yes, this is the base for so many Greek dishes!
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LOL seriously! If you want to know how to make anything taste good, just add a little tomato sauce/paste/juice. We seriously put it in just about everything.
 
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