Wash and roughly chop about six kilos tomatoes; remove all seeds and as much liquid as possible; put in a large pan with half a cup olive oil, 3 tbs rock salt and 2 tbs sugar and cook for about 15 minutes, cool. Process the tomatoes, skin and all, then transfer to a blender and blend till smooth. Lightly grease a large dish and pout the tomato mix, sprinkle some more sugar and rock salt. Bake in a hot oven (fan 250) for about 1.5 hours or till the mixture thickens, is reduced by half and darkens in colour. Store in a sterilised jar and top with some olive oil, rock salt and crushed black pepper.
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