Tomato paste, garlic
1 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| **** NO E ***** | ||
Directions
To store tomato paste: Most recipes for tomato-based pasta sauce call for a single Tablespoon of tomato paste as a thickener. Here's a great way to keep what's left over.
Using a hand-held can opener, open both ends of can, discard one. Using the stem of a spoon as a plunger against the other end, push paste out, in its original shape, onto a piece of plastic wrap.
Score the paste into Tablespoon-size pieces (most cans contain 6 - 8 Tablespoon worth sizes). Gently roll the plastic around the paste and freeze. When you need a single Tablespoon, just cut off a frozen slice.
No-stick Garlic: To keep garlic from sticking to your knife when you chop it, sprinkle ¼ tsp salt on the pieces as you go. The salt will absorb moisture from the garlic, making it stick-free.
Posted to Digest eat-lf.v096.n155 Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 22:25:41 -0700 From: Reggie Dwork <reggie@...>