An old-fashioned homemade ketchup, gently simmered until smooth, glossy, and concentrated. It blends tomato, vinegar, brown sugar, and warm spices to recreate the classic flavor of the traditional condiment.
Ingredients
- 700 g very ripe tomatoes
- 1 piece yellow onion
- 1 clove garlic
- 80 ml apple cider vinegar
- 45 g brown sugar
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 tsp fine salt
- 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
- 1/2 tsp sweet paprika
- 1 pinch ground cinnamon
- 1 pinch ground cloves
- 1 tbsp olive oil
Method
- Peel the tomatoes if their skin is thick, then roughly chop them; the juice must remain with the flesh to give body to the sauce.
- Heat the oil in a heavy-bottomed saucepan, add the sliced onion, and sweat it gently until it becomes translucent and smells slightly sweet.
- Add the minced garlic, tomato paste, and spices, then stir briefly until the mixture smells like roasted tomato and warm spices.
- Add the chopped tomatoes, vinegar, brown sugar, salt, and pepper; bring to a simmer, stirring to dissolve the sugar.
- Let simmer over low heat, pan partially covered, until the tomatoes crush easily and the sauce thickens noticeably.
- Blend the mixture finely until smooth, then pass it through a fine-mesh sieve if a very silky ketchup is desired.
- Return the sauce to the saucepan and cook gently again until it coats the back of a spoon with an even gloss.
- Taste off the heat and adjust the balance with a little salt, sugar, or vinegar depending on the acidity of the tomatoes; the result should be sweet, tangy, and deeply tomato-flavored.
- Let cool before serving or transferring to a clean jar; the texture will firm up slightly as it cools.
Nutrition
Per serving
- Energy
- 132.6 kcal
- Protein
- 2.26 g
- Carbohydrate
- 20.51 g
- Fat
- 4.21 g
- Fibre
- 3.38 g
- Calcium
- 18.46 mg
- Iron
- 0.55 mg
- Magnesium
- 6.62 mg
