Given the amount of liquid in a can of tomatoes, using fresh tomatoes, instead of canned, cannot be as simple as just using an amount of fresh tomatoes equal to the weight of the canned (drained or undrained). Most recipes that call for canned tomatoes also say to USE the juice, so using fresh tomatoes would have to involve stewing and/or puréeing some of them to make up for the amount of juice in the can.
Do any of you have any good conversion factors, USABLE FOR MEASURED RECIPES, for substituting fresh tomatoes in place of canned?
After searching the web for a while, I found a number of opinions, but the discussions mostly devolved into "Oh, but canned tomatoes are SO much better and reliable." I DON'T CARE! That is NOT the point, nor my question.
In this third-world country in which I live, canned tomatoes are much more expensive than fresh, so I try to avoid them, if possible.
With most things - especially things I just throw together, quantities aren't that important and I've mostly just "eyeballed" everything. Some recipes, however, DO specify actual amounts of drained or (more commonly) undrained canned tomatoes and I'd like to try to come up with a closer approximation to what those quantities would be.
Do any of you have any helpful hints for this?
Thanks!
Do any of you have any good conversion factors, USABLE FOR MEASURED RECIPES, for substituting fresh tomatoes in place of canned?
After searching the web for a while, I found a number of opinions, but the discussions mostly devolved into "Oh, but canned tomatoes are SO much better and reliable." I DON'T CARE! That is NOT the point, nor my question.
In this third-world country in which I live, canned tomatoes are much more expensive than fresh, so I try to avoid them, if possible.
With most things - especially things I just throw together, quantities aren't that important and I've mostly just "eyeballed" everything. Some recipes, however, DO specify actual amounts of drained or (more commonly) undrained canned tomatoes and I'd like to try to come up with a closer approximation to what those quantities would be.
Do any of you have any helpful hints for this?
Thanks!
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