[Growster...]

Ooooh thank you Swing! We're in Tesco this morning, and I'll root around!

If you can get it in Tesco then let me know as I use a lot of this stuff - I either make it myself, bring back from abroad, or buy form a Portuguese deli

Would you believe it, Swing!

Mrs Growster was unwell, so I went shopping alone - sob...

And I totally forgot the name of your advised condiment, despite scouring every shelf and peering along all the bottles and jars like Sherlock Holmes, trying to find a clue!

I'll get there in the end, and as advised by other chums here, I'll wait for the coming season, and then really let rip!

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If you season the passata with a little red bell pepper paste (about 20% salt) instead of salt when making tomato soup with passata it does some amazing things to the flavour - this could just keep you making the same quantities next year...(as well as growing more bell peppers)...

Recipe for bell pepper paste:
http://www.saveur.com/article/recipes/massa-de-pimentao-portuguese-red-bell-pepper-paste

Do you think Turkish pepper paste is similar Swingswang?  I saw a cookery show ages ago where they were making the tomato and pepper versions, but they were curing it in big earthenware bowls on a sunny rooftop.  If only    I do really like the idea of adding it to tomato passata or sauces. 

http://www.souschef.co.uk/turkish-mild-pepper-paste-biber-salcasi.html

This site is great for foodies as they have ingredients from all over the place 

[mumofstig]

Snasbods do a chargrilled pepper sauce which I like to use, but miss the pepper paste in a tube that I could buy in Greece.

[Swing Swang]

NewShoot - that paste will be close enough to what I'm using - let me know if you like it  - Philip

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Will do 

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The red pepper paste was used to make a spicy tomato sauce for mackerel served over herby and lemony rice.  We both liked it 

I'm going to do a pasta sauce next 

[Swing Swang]

So pleased that you like it - being half Portuguese the Iberian version is a staple in my kitchen - Philip

[compostqueen]

Loving the pepper idea.  Portuguese grub 😋  I love their tinned sardines and their yummy pate

[Growster...]

Pasta tomorrow, and I'm parking in Waitrose's car park..;0)

Must remember bell peppers...
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[mumofstig]

and did you?

[Growster...]

 

and did you?

No, I haven't been there yet, Mum! Picking up library books later...

(Off topic I know, but for one of the best reads in recent years, 'The Killing' trilogy by David Hewson! Absolutely riveting and perfect for January and a good fire)!

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Just made a veg soup with onion, carrot, celery, roasted squash, hm tomato sauce, chilli, herbs and a generous dollop of pepper paste instead of tomato puree - yum 

It really adds an undefinable something, plus a flavour boost and a richness to tomato dishes 

[Growster...]

So pleased that you like it - being half Portuguese the Iberian version is a staple in my kitchen - Philip

Wow!

I hadn't the time to do the whole shebang, so just popped some small pieces of red pepper into a small chunk of home-made passata!

Marvellous - and I know it shouldn't be done that way, but the change was significant!

I'll try a more reasoned (seasoned) version next time, but so far, so incredibly good!