Raw Tomato Coulis

A quick and easy purée made from fresh raw tomatoes, which can then be tossed with pasta along with olive oil and basil, or spread on crusty bread and drizzled with olive oil, among other applications.

Tomato Raisins (Oven-Dried Whole Cherry Tomatoes)

This recipe for dehydrated cherry tomatoes yields jammy, plump, and concentrated tomatoes that are like sweet-savory tomato raisins.

Quick-Cooked Tomato Purée (Passata di Pomodoro)

A quick and easy puree made from fresh tomatoes, which can then be used in any recipe calling for a tomato puree.

Scallion Powder From Scallion Greens

Rather than discard leftover scallion greens, we like dehydrating them in the microwave for a quick and easy grassy-sweet powder that's great for rimming cocktail glasses, sprinkling on fried food, pizza, pasta, or fresh mozzarella.

Tomato-Roasted Garlic Freezer Jam

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Roasted Tomatoes

One of the best ways to transform out-of-season fresh and canned tomatoes into something great is to slow-roast them in a low oven until their excess water has evaporated and their flavor is intense and concentrated. Use them diced or whole in pan sauces, vinaigrettes, sandwiches, quick pastas, bean or grain salads, and more.

Fresh Tomato Pizza Sauce From 'The Kitchn Cookbook'

This pizza sauce from The Kitchn Cookbook: Recipes, Kitchens & Tips to Inspire Your Cooking, by Sara Kate Gillingham and Faith Durand, gets an interesting lift from lemon zest.

The Homemade Pantry's Roasted Tomatoes for the Freezer

Alana Chernila, author of The Homemade Pantry, has figured out a way to freeze summer tomatoes so that they retain their sweetness all year long. Her method involves snatching up pounds of gorgeous summer tomatoes and giving them a low and slow roast with garlic, herbs, and olive oil. This slow cooking method concentrates all of that great tomato flavor, making them perfect for freezing and breaking out during the cooler, tomato-less months for a bright taste of summer.

Pepperoni Powder

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Summer Sauce: No Peel, Small Batch Fresh Tomato Puree

Summer Sauce is a fresh tomato puree made from ripe in season plum tomatoes. I'm looking for a source of tomatoes for large batch canning down the road and this allows us to enjoy fresh tomato sauce without the automatic food mills and giant pots with an army of people help that large scale tomato canning usually requires. We are working towards that. But this is an approachable introduction to fresh tomato puree or tomato passata. Your support keeps the show running and is very much appreciate