The Roma Tomato
The Roma tomato or sometimes more commonly known as the Italian plum tomato are the tomato mostly used in tomato sauce recipes. This breed of tomato tends to have more meat then other varieties of plum tomato and has a lower water content making the meat a little more dense. In addition they contain less seeds then most variety tomato the appeal to foodie's across the world as the ideal tomato for tomato sauces, stews, canned tomatoes and even the tomato of choice for sun dried tomatoes. You'll find this pair shaped tomato in deep red as well as yellow, orange and purple shades. The size is typically two to three inches in length. They weigh two to four ounces each, depending on the variety and there are about 36 varieties of this type of tomato alone based on roma-tomato.com. Here are the varieties of Roma Tomato:
The La Roma and Roma Napoli are the varieties we depend on for canning, making sauce and yes even ketchup. There are some really great brands of canned tomato that can easily give a canned San Marzano tomato a run for their money and for half the price. See my canned tomato comparison for a quick guide on how to choose the best canned Roma tomato.  Custom Search I don't want to leave you hungry! Join my monthly newsletter where you'll get all the latest pasta news, events, recipes and products. It's an all pasta foodie community.
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