Topic: Looking for a passata maker?

[tricia]

Two years ago I bought a passata maker from Seeds of Italy for £25 + P+P.  A month or two later I saw the exact same model advertised in the Temps L. home shopper catalogue for £15.90 + £4.99 P+P and could have kicked myself.

This tomato press is again in their current catalogue for the same price. Item Ref. is 6621 and can be ordered online at www.tempsl.co.uk. I have bought other items from them and have never had any problems.

Now I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that I don't get blight again this year!

Tricia

[katynewbie]

 :-\

Doncha just hate it when that happens? I make it a rule to never look at anything once I have bought it (if you see what I mean) but OH looks and points out the error of my ways Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

 ;)

[Susiebelle]

Tricia is this what Temps call "Tomato Press"?  :-[ sorry if that sounds a stupid question!

[Jeannine]

Yes it is the same one XX Jeannine

[Hector]

I know this is an old thread but I am intrigued, does this gadget do something a blender doesn't? We use a lot of chopped tomato/passata, so this sounds interesting!

[Barnowl]

I have one of the passata machines in question. Unlike a liquidiser it removes skin and seeds - but I find that you have to feed the pulp back through a couple of times.


If you make a lot of passata you might need something a bit bigger or an electric one.

[Barnowl]

I've found just the thing  :)

http://www.subito.it/macchina-per-la-passata-di-pomodoro-bologna-5447858.htm

[Hector]

I've found just the thing  :)

http://www.subito.it/macchina-per-la-passata-di-pomodoro-bologna-5447858.htm

Barnowl, are you encouraging my hubby to place me in the compost bin on apermanent basis :)

[Barnowl]

Perish the thought  :)

For those with Kenwoods I've just found this - might be worth a look. Meant to separate off the skin and seeds.  Seems to cost around £20

http://www.kenwoodworld.com/en/Products/Kitchen-Machines/Attachments/AT992A/

In Italy they call this attachment a "Passapomodoro"

[Duke Ellington]

Try this

http://www.lakeland.co.uk/tomato-master/F/keyword/tomato/product/12165

Duke

[Barnowl]

Same as Seeds of Italy (the model I have)  but higher postage cost I think.

There are some great looking machines on Italian sites (google spremidoro or spremidoro a mano or passapomodoro) but having trouble finding anything similar in the UK or even a more substantial manually operated one.

[Baccy Man]

One of the most popular electric passata makers is the 'Spremy Electric Tomato Strainer' manufactured by Imperia. It will process 100kg of tomatoes an hour separating all the seeds & pulp as it goes along. There are 2 optional accessories 1 to turn it into an electric mincer the other to turn it into an electric grater.
The bad news is they cost around £180 & you have to order them from Italy which means £14 delivery on top of that. If you want a UK plug rather than an EU one then you have to request it at the time of ordering or simply replace it yourself when it arrives.
http://www.bella-italia.com/cgi-bin/SoftCart.exe/gondola/kitchenware/index11.shtml?L+gondola+trip7529+1239911133

A more solidly built manual passata maker is the 'Roma Food and Vegetable Strainer' again not for sale in the UK but overstock.com ships internationally. They charge £46.76 + tax + postage.
http://www.overstock.com/Restaurant-Supplies/Roma-Food-and-Vegetable-Strainer/3943257/product.html?cid=133635

A mouli also works for making passata.

[BarriedaleNick]

Do a search for food mills, vegetable mills or mouli-légumes
Lakeland do this
http://www.lakeland.co.uk/food-mill/F/C/preparing-food/C/preparing-food-mills-grinders-mincers/product/12771
or there is this rather more complicated one..
http://www.richmondcookshop.co.uk/product_info.php?currency=GBP&products_id=1445
Edit: or a much bigger one
http://www.richmondcookshop.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=1807

[Barnowl]

Thanks, but have never been a fan of moulis, although they are much beloved of the Cordon Bleu ladies and produce a great result don't you think they take ages  :)

[Barnowl]

One of the most popular electric passata makers is the 'Spremy Electric Tomato Strainer' manufactured by Imperia. It will process 100kg of tomatoes an hour separating all the seeds & pulp as it goes along. There are 2 optional accessories 1 to turn it into an electric mincer the other to turn it into an electric grater.
The bad news is they cost around £180 & you have to order them from Italy which means £14 delivery on top of that. If you want a UK plug rather than an EU one then you have to request it at the time of ordering or simply replace it yourself when it arrives.
http://www.bella-italia.com/cgi-bin/SoftCart.exe/gondola/kitchenware/index11.shtml?L+gondola+trip7529+1239911133
/3943257/product.html?cid=133635

1/4 horsepower? I want one!

[BarriedaleNick]

Thanks, but have never been a fan of moulis, although they are much beloved of the Cordon Bleu ladies and produce a great result don't you think they take ages  :)

Well so far I have been squishing them through a sieve with a spoon for the last two years crop so a mouli would be a godsend! ;D

[Baccy Man]

One of the most popular electric passata makers is the 'Spremy Electric Tomato Strainer' manufactured by Imperia.....

1/4 horsepower? I want one!

After using one last year I want one too but I can't justify the cost.

[123b]

I bought the Lakeland one for around £14 last week.
I was going to wait until we had some of our own tomatoes, but this morning I saw a 6Kg tray of tomatoes for £2.50.
I have just put them all through the passata maker, and already decided that next time I will put the 'waste' through another 3 or 4 times!
Problem is, I thought I had loads of bottles, but I only have one and can't find the lid to that, so I am thinking about putting it in wine bottles.
Can anyone see a problem about putting it in wine bottles?