Tomato Ketchup
You will not want to buy ketchup again!
Posted by cookiesorbiscuits
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Home made ketchup, or tomato sauce, is a simple recipe which will impress all your ketchup loving family and friends. This recipe will yield around 4 cups of ketchup.
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You Will Need (10 things)
- 5 lbs Tomatoes ripe
- 3 Peeled and cored Apples tart variety such as Granny Smith
- 2 Garlic Cloves
- 1 ¾ cup Sugar
- 2 tsp Salt
- ¼ tsp Pepper
- 6 whole Cloves
- 8 whole Allspice
- 1 tsp Ground Ginger
- 2 cup White Vinegar
Steps (5 steps, 60 minutes)
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1
Roughly chop the tomatoes, apples and garlic. Place them in a large saucepan along with the sugar, salt, pepper, cloves, allspice, ground ginger and vinegar.
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2
Bring the ingredients to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer, covered, for 20 minutes or until tomatoes and apples are very tender.
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3
Puree the ingredients with a food processor or immersion blender. If none of these are available, you can also push the ingredients through a sieve twice.
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4
Return the pureed ketchup to the saucepan and bring it to a boil. Boil, uncovered, for 25 minutes or until the mixture is thick. Stir occasionally. The longer you boil the ketchup, the thicker it will be.
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5
Remove from the heat and pour the hot ketchup into glass mason jars. Store the ketchup in the refrigerator.