Does your recipe call for crushed tomatoes and you only have diced?
Diced, crushed, whole, or paste?
How many ways can you’ve got the option to a tomato?
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What happens if you don’t have crushed tomatoes in your pantry?
Read on for easy substitutes for crushed tomatoes.
What Is In Crushed Tomatoes?
Crushed tomatoes are typically made with peeled, seeded, and crushed plum tomatoes.
They often are made with Roma orSan Marzanotomatoes but can be made with other varieties.
The unique texture is what makes crushed tomatoes so perfect for certain recipes.
If you don’t have any on hand, save yourself a trip to the store.
There are a few crushed tomato substitutes that will keep your recipe on track.
It’s even better if those tomatoes were vine-ripened in your garden.
If you don’t have any tomato paste to use for thickening your tomato mixture, don’t worry.
Cut them into rough chunks and process or mash them until you have the texture you want.
If your tomatoes seem watery,add a little tomato pasteto thicken the texture.
Substituting Diced Tomatoes
Diced tomatoes are larger tomato chunks packed in tomato juice.
Just remember to leave the mixture chunky and not turn it into a sauce.
Add some tomato paste to these as well to improve the flavor and consistency.
Or, add an equal amount of water to your tomato paste to create a tomato puree.
Substituting Passata
Passata is essentially pureed, strained, uncooked fresh tomatoes with no additives.
Its often sold in jars, bottles, or boxes and labeled as tomato puree or strained tomatoes.
