US recipe - tomato puree?

[Bobian123]

I'm looking at an American recipe that calls for 2 cups of tomato puree. I'm guessing that we know it as something different over here! Is it what we know as passata? Thanks

You can get tomato purée in the UK. It's a very common ingredient. Usually beside the tinned tomatoes in supermarkets

www.ocado.com/webshop/product/Ocado-Italian-Tomato-Puree-Double-Concentrated/57083011?voucherCode=&parentContainer=&sku=57083011&dnr=y

I think they probably do mean passata, if you need 2 cups of the stuff .

That's what I'd use anyway.

What is the recipe, because that sounds like a lot of puree

Sorry Gobbolino, I think I might have been a bit unclear. I know of tomato puree over here but I think it might be something different in the states though as 2 cups is absolutely loads! Normally you'd add a tablespoon or so. So I wonder if tomato puree over there is passata over here. Hope that makes sense!

What are you cooking and what are the other measures of ingredients?

Is it an Italian based sauce? They use a lot of TP.

But.....thinking about watching The Barefoot Contessa.....I think she calls (what we would call) tomato purée, tomato paste

I think best thing to do is google an American supermarket along with tomato purée and see what comes up

In fact, I had to do it myself rather than fold the washing

This is an American tinned tomato producer and this is what they sell as tomato purée
m.hunts.com/products/tomatoes/tomato-puree

So I think pasatta would be the closest. Or you could just whizz up a tin of tomatoes.

Oops cross posted! Yes I think it might be passata. Def not going to stick 2 cups of puree into anything

Thanks for your help Gobbolino!

No problem. I'll be on stand by for any other googling emergencies rather than the washing!