![]() ![]() I find their tomatoes are sweeter and less sour than other brands, with a a rich tomato taste. My preferred passata brand is Mutti, from Italy. In the US, I’ve seen tomato passata even at Walmart! Also available on Amazon and of course, Italian groceries such as Eataly in New York. Of course you can find many varieties at Italian delis too.īy weight, it’s usually slightly better value than canned tomato. Nowadays, it’s sold at major supermarkets (Coles and Woolworths) in the pasta section, as well as fresh produce stores like Harris Farms. ![]() The sauce is only simmered for 10 minutes, and you can see how much there is!ġ0 years ago, passata was relatively hard to find in Australia. Here are Italian Meatballs in a sauce made with Passata. 30 minutes+), which ordinarily would be required to break down the chunks of crushed or diced tomato to thicken the sauce. It’s brilliant for making quick pasta sauces and soups, where you can’t or don’t simmer for a long time (eg. Tomato passata makes thicker, more intense tomato-flavoured sauces than using the equivalent amount of crushed or diced canned tomatoes. You would have to press it through a sieve to achieve the same consistency. If you were to just puree crushed tomato, it would be thinner. It’s essentially canned crushed tomato that’s been pureed, but thicker. It doesn’t have any additional flavourings, but sometimes has salt added. ![]() Tomato Passata is just plain tomato that’s been pureed and passed through a sieve to strain out any chunks so it’s perfectly smooth. So I thought it would be helpful to do a little 101 on Tomato Passata – what it is, how to use it, why I love it so much! What is Tomato Passata? Though increasing in popularly, it’s not as well known as crushed tomato and tomato paste. Tomato Passata is an ingredient that I’m quite fond of, one I use regularly in tomato-based sauces. Though more widely available nowadays, and around the same price as canned tomato, I sill regularly get asked questions about it so I thought it was worth doing a little FAQ. It’s known as Tomato Puree in the US ( here’s a photo). It’s uniform and smooth unlike crushed or chopped tomatoes, and makes gorgeously thick tomato-based sauces. It’s 100% tomato, no additives or flavourings, but sometimes contains added salt. Tomato Passata is pureed, strained tomatoes usually sold in bottles. ![]()
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