- 1 can tomato paste
- 4 cans of tap water
Use any size can of tomato paste. Usually they come in 12-oz or 6-oz sizes. Open the can and scrape the thick concentrated tomato paste into a large jar or juice pitcher. Fill the can with water 4 times, and pour the water in with the tomato paste. Stir it up really well.
It will be unsalted, which I believe makes it taste fresher, but you may add salt to taste if you like. Some folks like to add a little Hot Sauce or Worcestershire Sauce for flavor. Personally, I like it well chilled and straight from the fridge. It has a tangy refreshing flavor which reminds me of summertime tomato harvesting.
Use it anywhere you would regular canned tomato juice. Here is a substitute which costs less than a third of it’s commercial counterpart, and actually tastes ten times better. Being thrifty pays off in flavor, health and savings.
You may also enjoy this recipe for chocolate syrup. It’s another cheap beverage recipe from my collection.
Thanks for the recipe. I made some this afternoon, added Worcestershire sauce and tobasco sauce and a bit of salt. Yummy!
Got any ideas to turn it into Clamato? Its my husband’s favorite but at over $4/qt I have a hard time putting it into the cart.
I googled a recipe for homemade Clamato. This is what I found. Haven’t tried it though…
1 (46 ounce) can tomato juice (use the recipe for homemade here)
4 (10 ounce) cans clam juice
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 teaspoon Worcestershire Sauce
2 dashes hot sauce
5 dashes celery salt
5 dashes crushed red pepper flakes
Combine all ingredients in a large container and shake well.
Re-shake before serving.
Makes 86 ounces.
Also found this one. Sounds good. I think I’m going to mix up this one tonight:
SPICY TOMATO JUICE
1 lg. can tomato juice
1/4 c. lemon juice (fresh squeeze)
1/8 tsp. hot sauce
1/4 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. celery salt
1 dash garlic salt
Mix together in large pitcher and let set in the refrigerator overnight. Serve in glass with one Spanish olive. Be sure to shake or stir before pouring.
Thanks for this recipe! We love V8 juice but its to expensive. The main ingredient is tomato sauce, but most search answers say you can’t use it to make tomato juice (?!)
Does anyone have any ideas on how to add vegetables to make it like V8?
Thanks for the recipe. I can’t find any tomato juice in our area that is low sodium. Cub recently stopped carrying it. I have high blood pressure and would like to restrict sodium. I also think it tastes better without the salt. I love tomato juice. I can’t wait to try it.
I take care of a man who is on a low salt diet. I use this to make my chili and spaghetti for him. I use 3 cans of water for spaghetti and 4 for chili. Add spices and you would never know.
I use this recipe for any thing that calls for tomato juice. I am in 3rd stage kidney failure which means salt free and the sodium free tomato paste works great with some herbs added to it. Even my guys like this.
I am thinking of trying to add some carrot juice and other vegetable juice to it to maybe copy V8′s flavor.
Hi, Thanks for this. Never thought about making this at home. Will also try your tomato basil soup recipe.