Ideas for glut of tinned tomatoes?

Wesker

Thanks Pink-Winged i should have known there'd be a thread on here already

ChocClare

In a saucepan, empty two tins of the tomatoes. Add a chopped onion, a grated carrot, some chopped celery if you have it, a crushed clove of garlic, a tablespoonful of olive oil, pepper and salt to taste, and some herbes de provence. If you have fresh basil or parsley or oregano, bung that in as well. Bring to the boil, turn down immediately, and simmer for about 20 minutes. Allow to cool slightly, then zhuzh in a food processor, or with one of those wandy things if you have one.

This is REALLY GOOD home made tomato sauce. You can have it on its own with pasta, you can reduce it slightly and use as a pizza base sauce, you can add all kinds of other stuff to it. Mix it with mozzarella or mascarpone. Use it as part of a pasta bake. If you make a huge batch of this and freeze it in useable amounts, you will be very happy all winter long, as you have a convenience food to hand which really lifts a dish. Lidl or Aldi have got pour n store bags this week, which are ideal for freezing this in, by the way.

sharloid

I've never really done much batch cooking, we usually just make a couple of extra portions each time we cook but yesterday we bought two huge 2.1kg tins of 'pizza topping' (pureed tomatoes) for £1. I want to try and use one up, but I'm not too sure what to make.

We have a few carrots, potatoes and sprouting red onions, as well as various frozen veg, yellow split peas, lentils etc in.

What would you choose to make?

Thanks

valk_scot

I'd just freeze it in handy portion sized batches tbh, for use in recipes as and when you need it. Takes up minimal space that way.

Ladyhawk

How about making tomato sauce for pasta? Fry some onions garlic and herbs, then add the tomatoes and leave to simmer for 45 minutes. This can then be frozen in portions.

sharloid

valk_scot wrote: »

I'd just freeze it in handy portion sized batches tbh, for use in recipes as and when you need it. Takes up minimal space that way.

What would you freeze it in? Everything we seem to freeze gets freezer burn after a while! We either use those takeaway type tubs you can get from pound shops/home bargains or value sandwich bags.

rubys_mummy

i always freeze mine in small freezer bags, but to be honest, they're usually all used within the first month or so, so dnt get chance to get freezer burn!

SailorSam

I freeze soup in zipper bags that i got from Home and Bargain.
When i do a batch of curry i freeze that in cheaper sandwich bags, but put them inside some sort of container to hold their shape until they freeze, then ease them out so that you're only storing the bags in your freezer.
What i've done is cut down empty plastic milk bottles, put your sandwich bag inside then fill with your tomatoes and freeze. Once frozen enough remove the milk bottles, if they're sticking just pour some hot water on them.

Pink.

I would get some mince and make a bolognese sauce. Freeze some as bolognese, use some to make a lasagne for the freezer and add kidney beans and chillies to make a chilli.

This thread has lots more ideas for you:

Ideas for glut of tinned tomatoes?

I'll merge your thread with that one later to keep the suggestions together.

Pink

sharloid

Pink-winged wrote: »

I would get some mince and make a bolognese sauce. Freeze some as bolognese, use some to make a lasagne for the freezer and add kidney beans and chillies to make a chilli.

This thread has lots more ideas for you:

Ideas for glut of tinned tomatoes?

I'll merge your thread with that one later to keep the suggestions together.

Pink

Ahah, thanks for the link. I did search but obviously didn't use the right wording.