San Marzano Tomatoes
Estimated Inventory, 10 lbs : 0
Description/Taste
San Marzano tomatoes are an Italian variety celebrated by many top chefs as being the best sauce tomato in the world. They are bright red in color with an elongated shape, similar in appearance to a roma tomato but thinner with a more pointed tip. These meaty plum-type tomatoes have few seeds and are easy to peel, low in acid, and famous for their sweet, complex flavor. The vigorous indeterminate or vining tomato plants produce heavy clusters of the crack-resistant red fruit that keep well on the vine as well as in storage. The large, productive plants bear fruit all the way up until frost, and they require staking for support.
Seasons/Availability
San Marzano tomatoes are available mid to late summer at local farmers markets, and can be found canned year-round.
Current Facts
San Marzano tomatoes are named for the town in which they are grown, San Marzano sul Sarno. Like all tomatoes, San Marzano tomatoes are a member of the Solanaceae or nighshade family and are botanically named Solanum lycopersicum, formerly Lycopersicon esculentum. They are further categorized as a plum-type tomato, also known as a paste, pear, processing, saladette, or sauce tomato.
