i want to make spag bol, but i dont have any tomato sauce?

Question

I only have fresh tomato..no sauce.

how can i make spag bol? how can i make it less acidic with the fresh tomato?

i have the rest of ingreidient...its just the tomato

i never used fresh tomato before,,i always use tomato sauce such as uncle bens or tinned tomat

Answer 1

use tomato puré
and the juices from the meat and veg should be enough
or add a bit of water if not

we usually use tomatoes but if we run out we do that
(my mums italian!)

Answer 2

You can use fresh tomatoes. One way to make them less acidic is to squeeze out the seeds before cooking. They can start out bitter or become bitter in cooking.

First, if you want to skin them (I never do, they get chopped up in the food processor) spear the whole tomato with a fork, cut an "X" mark with a knife across the end opposit the stem-end and dip the tomato in boiling water for about 15 to 20 seconds and then into a bowl of ice water to cool them quickly. The skin should then peel off easily.

Then cut the tomato in half and just squeeze them over a strainer in a bowl. You can use any juices you've caught in the bowl in the sauce.

Chop up the tomatoes or you can put them in a blender or food processor until they're the consistency you want. Throw in some garlic, oregano, basil, salt and pepper.

Then put about two tablespoons of olive oil in your pot and when when the oil is hot, pour in the tomato mixture and simmer over medium heat either until it's just hot if you want a fresh tomato taste, or longer if you like that warm, slow-cooked taste.

If you find the sauce is still too bitter, add some dry red wine, I'd say 1/4 cup to every 3 or 4 cups of sauce. Believe me, I thought sugar would work, but no matter how much I added, that bitter taste was still there. Then I tried the wine and it disappeared.

You can make a lot of it and freeze it in zip lock bags or plastic containers for later use in lasagne, chili, tomato soup, etc.

I think once you use fresh tomato to make the sauce, you may never go back to canned.

Answer 3

you can chopped up the tomato and use some sugar to cut the acid if you wish. You can also make an "x" on the bottom of each tomato and drop in boiling water for a few seconds, drop in an ice bath then peel then chop, that way you have no skin. Use a sauce pan and put a little olive oil in it and put tomatoes in. Add your seasonings and the sugar. Then proceed with the rest of your recipe. Good Luck.....

Answer 4

Skin the tomatoes and press them through a sieve. You'd want to skin the tomatoes otherwise you'd end up with bits of skin all over the sauce.

To skin tomatoes, prick the skin a little with a sharp knife and immerse them in boiling water for 15 seconds. Once you've taken them out,you can literally slide the skin off the tomatoes.

Pass the tomatoes through a sieve to get a puree like consistency and use that as tomato sauce as you would normally.

Answer 5

Yes you can use fresh see below


14 oz tomato sauce - homemade, or commercial, Hunts or similar, or 3 - 4 medium-sized fresh, ripe tomatoes
USING FRESH TOMATOES: Plunge in hot water, peel and de seed as much as possible, simmer in a little water, covered, until soft, then process briefly to a coarse sauce consistency before adding.

Answer 6

Cut the tomatos up and mash them if you like or use them sliced and place them in the pan the same way you would use uncle bens or tinned tomatoes it makes no difference well I don't think so anyway.

Answer 7

Don't laugh but I put a can of baked beans in our spag bol. It works very well and gives you added fibre! Or, do you have any concentrated tomato paste?

Answer 8

Skin the tomatoes in boiling water, dice finely and add with other ingredients eg. garlic, basil, tomatoe puree, worchester sauce and even a little heinz ketchup and there you go. Lovely jubblie

Answer 9

once you have made your sauce, and all the recipes that you have been given so far are OK, to get rid of that acidic taste add some milk to the sauce, trust me it works! I got the tip from Tamasin the cook on the TV.

Answer 10

put the fresh toms in with the meat or what ever your using add tomato puree if you have any, dont worry if you havent it will be just as nice :)