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Italian tomato purée is the most acclaimed variety. For the best flavour, buy tomato purée in jars rather than cans or tubes. There is also a ‘double concentrated’ version of purée, that’s thicker and ...

Once opened, canned tomato paste is one of those pantry items that always seems to go bad before you can use it all -- that is, unless you freeze it.