This weekend was my family’s annual passata di pomodoro canning fest. For those of you interested in seeing the process, I’m reposting ‘Passata di Pomodoro’. Ciao, Cristina
Every year my family gets together to make ‘la salsa’, or passata di pomodoro. Everyone participates, even the nipotini. It is a 2 day event and we are all tired today, as we made about 180 litres of salsa/passata! Some of the tomatoes came from our gardens, but most of them were purchased.
Pomodori ready to be washed
Pomodori from the garden
La pentola per i pomodori-a really big pot to cook the tomatoes!
The ripe pomodori are washed, then cooked in a really big pot until soft. Then they are drained in baskets lined with cloth. If they aren’t drained well, then the passata will be too watery. To make’pomodori pelati'(peeled tomatoes) instead of passata, the skin is removed by hand and the whole pomodori are put in jars.
Cooked pomodori drained in baskets lined with cloth
Passata refers to ‘passed’ through a sieve, a passapomodoro, or an electric machine to…
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How fun. Now that is something I would love to do. I like the garden tomatoes the best. They remind me of Italy.
You should try it Lyn! Homemade passata is like summer in a jar. You can do it on your stovetop in small quantities. Giallo Zafferano has a great video on their site. Ciao, Cristina
Thanks Cristina, I actually meant the entire operation including family and friends doing it together.
Ho capito! That’s a bit more complicated to organize!
The color of your tomatoes is stupendous!
Grazie Karen. These is a lot Of RED in these photos!