Know an easy way to remove tomato seeds from canned whole tomatoes?

anon wrote on 08 Mar 2007 in rec.food.cooking

> Know an easy way to remove tomato seeds from canned whole tomatoes?
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run then thru a food mill.

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"anon" > wrote:

> Know an easy way to remove tomato seeds from canned whole tomatoes?

Sure. Slice them in half and hand squeeze through a sieve into a pot
that fits the sieve. If you absolutely hate seeds, pick any remaining
seeds out with your fingers or a paring knife. Provided you don't care
about the juice, ignore my sieve advice and squeeze into your sink.
Generally, I like the whole tomato, seeds and juice included.

leo

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On 9 Mar, 05:30, "anon" > wrote:
> Know an easy way to remove tomato seeds from canned whole tomatoes?

Try putting through a sieve - this works for me

Mr Libido Incognito wrote:
> anon wrote:
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> > Know an easy way to remove tomato seeds from canned whole tomatoes?
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> run then thru a food mill.

Then may as well buy crushed tomatoes, or tomato puree. There's no
easy way to remove the seeds from whole canned tomatoes without
destroying the tomatoes.

In article .net>,
"anon" > wrote:

> Know an easy way to remove tomato seeds from canned whole tomatoes?

Food mill.
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Thanks everyone - guess I'll try squishing them out into a colander / sieve.
I understand from an Alton Brown episode that they add bitterness to sauces,
so it will be interesting to see if it improves things.

On Mar 9, 12:27 am, Leonard Blaisdell > wrote:
> In article .net>,
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> "anon" > wrote:
> > Know an easy way to remove tomato seeds from canned whole tomatoes?
>
> Sure. Slice them in half and hand squeeze through a sieve into a pot
> that fits the sieve. If you absolutely hate seeds, pick any remaining
> seeds out with your fingers or a paring knife. Provided you don't care
> about the juice, ignore my sieve advice and squeeze into your sink.

The TV chefs just squeeze them in their hands - sounds sort of
abusive, but it certainly works on canned tomatoes which don't keep
their shape, anyway.

N.

anon wrote:

> Know an easy way to remove tomato seeds from canned whole tomatoes?

Depends on what you want to make. I like to have pureed tomatoes (not
the canned "puree" that is usually reconstituted tomato paste).

I take a large can of whole tomatoes in juice, and put the whole thing
in the blender. Blend the heck out of it, the pour it into a sieve over
a bowl. Push it through with a rubber spatula. This is easy because
it's pretty liquid at this point, you aren't doing much more than
straining out the seeds.

Now you have a bunch of tomato goodness that's great for sauces,
punching up canned tomato soup, whatever.




Brian

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Nancy2 wrote:
> On Mar 9, 12:27 am, Leonard Blaisdell > wrote:
> > In article .net>,
> >
> > "anon" > wrote:
> > > Know an easy way to remove tomato seeds from canned whole tomatoes?
> >
> > Sure. Slice them in half and hand squeeze through a sieve into a pot
> > that fits the sieve. If you absolutely hate seeds, pick any remaining
> > seeds out with your fingers or a paring knife. Provided you don't care
> > about the juice, ignore my sieve advice and squeeze into your sink.
>
> The TV chefs just squeeze them in their hands - sounds sort of
> abusive, but it certainly works on canned tomatoes which don't keep
> their shape, anyway.
>
> N.

This is also a common way of squeezing lemons (where the seeds are
more obtrusive than tomatoes). For canned tomatoes you could try
halving them crosswise (if they're truly whole) and, while applying
gentle pressure, rotating them in your hand above a strainer (as if
you were gently juicing a lemon). The seeds and liquid will drop into
the strainer, and you can separate them and save the liquid of you
want.

-bwg