canned tomatoes versus passatta

[albalass]

The recipe I'm using to make a curry says to use canned tomatoes and then sieve to make a smooth sauce, surely it would be easier just to use passatta? Or am I mssing something?

[ummmm]

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[Invictas]

Passatta is blended toms,it's very good for everything that requires thick toms.
Tinned toms are OK,but will make your curry etc watery and take longer to thicken up.

[bednobs]

have to agree with ummmm, the only difference between passata and tinned tomatoes is about £1.50

[jubieanna]

i always use tinned toms in my curry without sieving them and it is fine

[albalass]

Bednobs, I think you are being seriously done if you're paying £1.50 more for passatta!! In aldi, it's a difference of less than 15p Thanks guys, I thought as much!

[jack daniels]

I always put my tinned toms through the food processer/blender & it's ready for use in anything

Anna x

[bednobs]

ok maybe £1.50 is ott, but in sains tinned toms are 33p and passata is nearly £1 for about the same amount - 3 times as much!

[Quizmonster]

For curry, I always put the tinned toms in a bowl, use a potato-masher to squash them down somewhat - not nearly to passata level - and then quickly put them in a sieve above the bowl. Yes, you lose a tiny amount of juice on transfer, but are left with a relatively dry lot of tomato. Add THAT to the curry and then just put the amount of juice you think NECESSARY in. Thus, there is no prospect of the eventual curry being too watery.

[bushbaby_de]

I always use passata, Tesco do their own brand which is really cheap. I actually prefer the flavour/texture of passata instead of tinned toms.