Are you a tomato lover? If you are not, then you should start to be. Why is it necessary to consume tomatoes? Tomatoes have high level of lycopene content. This mineral is the mineral responsible to reduce the possibility of different types of cancers. Cancers are one of the most terrifying diseases as there is no known cure for this abnormal and dangerous growth of cells.
There are treatments that can help to reduce cancer but those treatments do not guarantee any cancer cure. So why not try to reduce the risk in the first place? After all, consuming a tomato is not so difficult as they can be in so many types of dishes. Tomatoes can be eaten raw but can also be processed to be side dishes such as tomato ketchups, tomato paste and tomato puree.
Once you know how to process the summer fruits of tomatoes, you will be able to store them trough the other seasons, even during the winter. In other case, you can still rummage through the pantry to search for cans of tomato paste to be sold on e bay or to neighbors living nearby when you have to many of them. It only needs a little learning on your part in order to be able to turn those round fruits to those delicious paste and puree. One thing that comes to mind, though, if you are a beginner, is the basic question of what are the differences between tomato paste and tomato puree because at a glimpse, both seem so similar.
The two do seem similar and pretty much the same. They are both made of tomatoes, can be transformed into other dishes and look so much alike. The difference between the two lies on the cooking methods. The tomato paste is created by cooking the fresh tomatoes for hours. So if you have decided to process tomato paste, then you will have to prepare the whole afternoon without any interruption. In the end, the result is a very thick and extremely flavorful substance.
On the other hand, the tomato puree is made by cooking the tomatoes for a lot less time. That is why, the tomato puree is so much thinner compared to the paste. It does have some flavor in it but not as concentrated as the tomato paste. However, if you want to compare the tomato paste and tomato puree’s thickness, then both are still thicker than tomato sauce or crushed tomatoes.
