As I read the reviews of this simple recipe, my eyes filled with tears. My mother (Alabama born and bred) also made this and I've served it to my family for many years. Reading your memories made me miss her so much.
I also use tomato sauce instead of paste and a can of petite diced tomatoes at the end.
also Louisiana grown... we too loved mama's tomato gravy... only difference was mama also added a can of tomatoes close to the end... as it was starting to thicken.... hummmm now i am so hungry for this... also... for supper she would make this and throw in shrimp... a quick fake etoofay.... lol... good...thanks for the memories... gonna go make some now
Love this recipe!! I grew up in TN my Grandma would make this with biscuit and she made it often...
It was good it was easy but it was not MY mama's tomato gravy. Don't get me wrong this is good. But when it comes to southern childhood favorites you want it to taste the way you remeber. I don't think she every used paste just a can of whole tomatoes smushed up.
I've made Tomato Gravy in the past but never had actually seen a recipe for it. I didn't have tomato paste so used tomato sauce instead (just used a tad more flour to make sure it would thicken) and once the gravy started thickening I added some Petite diced tomatoes. We use this over rice... never had over biscuits.
So Yummy - I grew up on this recipe. I also add the canned whole tomatoes with the paste to make it chunky and serve it over white rice and pork chops. This is one of my cajun faves!
Oh My Goodness! I am so excited about this recipe. I am currently a Seattle-ite but originally from Mississippi. My great great Aunt Karesta-Jane used to maked this for us and it was so good. I made a batch and it brought back so many wonderful memories. I did add some sausage to it b/c that's the way I remember it but it was perfect. Thanks so much!
Since before we were married my DH asked me to make Tomato Gravy...I though ugh yuck. How little did I know and how wonderful is this recipe! Thanks for posting it.
I prepared Mama's tomato gravy over biscuits this past week and it seems that I never get tired of it. It never fails to bring memories of my beautiful Mama to my heart and mind. If you tried this recipe using butter and liked it...please try it again using the bacon drippings. This ingredient really helps complete this dish!
I am giving this recipe two stars because it was easy to make. My family did not like this at all. The tomato gravy I grew up eating was a beef based or cream based gravy with tomatoes chopped up in it. For my family the tomato flavor was too over powering. I much prefer the beef based gravy with chopped tomatoes and biscuits. I made this recipe as written and I will not make it again.
