By Leah Brickley for Nutrient Network Kitchen

Leah is a senior culinary editor at Food Network.

Tomato paste may come in a small can (or tube), but it packs a powerful punch and is an essential flavor building block for dishes like chili and beefiness stew. Try to e'er have a tin on mitt; subsequently you lot've opened it, extra paste tin easily be frozen: pack information technology into an water ice cube tray, freeze, pop out and transfer to a resealable freezer bag. But if you find yourself in a compression without tomato plant paste, don't only omit it – you'll lose all that important tomato umami season. Most likely you accept another course of tomato that tin easily substitute tomato paste (and no ane will be the wiser).

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How to Substitute Tomato Sauce or Puree for Tomato Paste

You don't accept to nuance out to the store if y'all're out of tomato paste; tomato sauce and tomato puree are both an excellent substitute.

For every 1 tablespoon of tomato paste needed, use three tablespoons of lycopersicon esculentum puree or sauce. Add the puree or sauce in identify of the love apple paste and cook, stirring constantly, until the puree or sauce has reduced and thickened. You'll have a similar deep, savory flavor.

How to Substitute Canned Tomatoes for Tomato Paste

The thin love apple juice in canned tomatoes (diced, crushed, or whole) can be used in the aforementioned mode as love apple sauce or puree.

For every one tablespoon of tomato paste called for in a recipe, utilize 3 tablespoons of the canned juice. Add it in identify of the paste and melt, stirring constantly until the juice has reduced and thickened.

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How to Substitute Fresh Tomatoes for Love apple Paste

Fresh tomatoes can also stand in for lycopersicon esculentum paste: puree until liquified and and so follow the aforementioned formula: for every 1 tablespoons of tomato paste, use 3 tablespoons of the fresh juice. Add together it (along with a pinch of salt) when the recipe calls for tomato plant paste, and melt, stirring constantly, until the fresh juice has reduced and thickened.

How to Substitute Ketchup for Love apple Paste

Sometimes condiments can come to the rescue. With the advisable tweaking, a recipe can utilize ketchup in place of tomato paste. It'southward of import to remember that ketchup has more sugar than love apple paste and packs a tangier zing. If your recipe calls for carbohydrate and/or vinegar, you may have to lower the amounts to suit what ketchup brings to the party.

Add equal parts ketchup in place of the love apple paste and cook, stirring constantly, until information technology really dries out.