Cheap, but tomato-ey tinned tomatoes!

Hillbilly1

Wow, you have a sleep and a thread is born!

Thanks for the replies. We do season, add Worcester Sauce, Soy Sauce, herbs, puree and its usually fine. Just this last batch been really tasteless. In fact we use CFR recipe with paprika, garam massala, mustard and garlic powder too.

I think I may try the passata. I sometimes use it, but always want it thicker, so will try the ones recommended here.

We dont have BM, but do have Lidl, just can't park near it which is apain when you want alot of tinned goods!

bearcub

simmed wrote: »

!!!!!!? Tomatoes are tomatoes

Er, no they're not, sorry. Proper Italian plum tomatoes, ripened in hot sun and intended for long cooking, are much richer in flavour. Other tomatoes don't have nearly as much flavour, and certainly don't give the same rich flavour in a cooked dish. For example, if you want an authentic-tasting Italian dish, you wouldn't use salad tomaotes, that are developed (sometimes!) to have full flavour when raw.

We always buy Nostia tinnned toms from Lidl, and occasionally use passata, too. We don't have Asda here, yet, and the only Aldi branch is approx 15 miles away.

ALIBOBSY

rachbc wrote: »

Aldi tinned toms or passata are both great at 31p for 400g or 29p for 500g respectively

I agree with the above and to the poster who said toms are toms they are so wrong. The value ones are very tasteless compared to other brands.
There are 6 of us so when making a sauce I often add 1 tin and 1 tub of passata as above yumyum.

Ali x

Hillbilly1

simmed wrote: »

!!!!!!? Tomatoes are tomatoes

They probably taste tasteless to you because they are the "real deal" - just tomatoes with no extras added like salt and seasoning!

Erm, no, there is a real taste difference!

adouglasmhor

I just remembered I have to go and buy passata, luckily there is a Lidl across the road.

Phoolgrrrl

Lidl and home bargains. For us too. Tinned toms or bottles of passatta. Will have a look for the ktc ones now.

joedenise

I tend to use passata most of the time as it seems to be more tomato-ey.

Denise

short_cake

Chell wrote: »

Asda value passatta is fine.

agree on this one also if you buy the asda smart price value chopped toms and value passatta and mix the two it goes further tastes , good also freezes well for when you want some next time , should you have any over

krlyr

Hillbilly1 wrote: »

I think I may try the passata. I sometimes use it, but always want it thicker, so will try the ones recommended here.

My OH doesn't like a watery sauce to bolognese/chilli and I use passata - I find by simmering this solves the problem. I was using a slow cooker but just found the taste was blander and the sauce far runnier than if I chuck it all in a wok on the hob. Lowest temperature, just left for several hours in the evening (I cook bolognese in batches to freeze so don't have to worry about waiting hours for dinner when we get in from work)

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Now that you've had some input from the Old Stylers and as this is a shopping thread I've moved it over to the Grocery Shopping board to see if you get more replies.

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