Spicy Tomato Sauce (Ketchup)
A spicy tomato sauce made with fresh ingredients from the fruit-vegetable category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!
Ingredients
- 3 kg ripe tomatoes
- 5 garlic cloves
- 150 g onions
- 30 g dried tomatoes
- 75 g sugar
- 8 cloves of peppercorns
- 4 cardamom pods
- 0.5 tsp ground black pepper
- 2 tsp hot paprika powder
- 0.5 tsp allspice
- 0.5 tsp ground nutmeg
- 0.5 tsp ground cinnamon
- 150 g apple cider vinegar
- 2 tsp salt
Instructions
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1.
Wash the tomatoes, roughly dice them and place in a large pot. Peel and chop garlic and onions and add to the tomatoes. Dice the dried tomatoes and add all remaining ingredients to the pot. Stir well.
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2.
Bring the tomatoes to a boil and simmer over low heat for about 2 hours until the ketchup has reduced by one third. Wash jars or bottles hot, rinse thoroughly, flip them onto a clean kitchen towel.
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Pass the mixture through a coarse sieve and bring it back to a boil. If the ketchup is still too thin, continue cooking until the desired consistency is reached. Pour the hot ketchup into the jars or bottles, seal immediately, and place upside down for 5 minutes. Store opened bottles in the refrigerator.
