Ketchup

Ingredients

• 800 g tomatoes
• 1 onion
• 2 Garlic cloves
• 1 red bell pepper
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 4 allspice berries
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 clove
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 2 sprigs parsley
• 1 sprig lovage
• 4 tbsp brown sugar
• 1 tsp mustard powder
• 100 ml white wine vinegar
• Salt
• Cayenne pepper

Instructions

1. 1.

   Wash the tomatoes, remove the stem ends and dice them. Peel and dice the onion and garlic cloves as well. Wash the red bell pepper, halve it, deseed it and dice it.

2. 2.

   Sauté the onion, garlic and bell pepper in hot oil. Briefly sauté allspice, bay leaf, clove and cinnamon with them, then add the tomatoes. Simmer for about 15 minutes. Then stir in the herbs, brown sugar, mustard powder and vinegar. Let it thicken to a creamy consistency for another 10-15 minutes. Strain through a sieve, bring to a boil again and season with salt and cayenne pepper. Transfer into a pre-boiled bottle, seal tightly and let cool.