homemade tomato ketchup

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Bizarrely enough for a chef, I really do take my hat off to Heinz, who have become the global brand of quality in the ketchup world. It’s such an everyday cupboard product that you’ve probably never thought to make your own. But if you’re growing tomatoes in the garden, or you catch sight of some really beautiful ones at the market in summer, just think how much of a treat it would be to offer your family or guests homemade ketchup. It’s great fun to make. And you can make different colors of ketchup using just yellow, orange or green tomatoes – simply exchange the cherry and tinned tomatoes for the same amount of your chosen colored ones.

Place all the vegetables in a large heavy-bottomed saucepan with a big splash of olive oil and the ginger, garlic, chilli, basil stalks, coriander seeds and cloves. Season with the pepper and a good pinch of salt.

Cook gently over a low heat for 10 to 15 minutes until softened, stirring every so often. Add all the tomatoes and 350ml of cold water. Bring to the boil and simmer gently until the sauce reduces by half.

Add the basil leaves, then whiz the sauce in a food processor or with a hand blender and push it through a sieve twice, to make it smooth and shiny. Put the sauce into a clean pan and add the vinegar and the sugar. Place the sauce on the heat and simmer until it reduces and thickens to the consistency of tomato ketchup. At this point, correct the seasoning to taste.

Spoon the ketchup through a sterilized funnel into sterilized bottles, then seal tightly and place in a cool dark place or the fridge until needed – it should keep for six months. Great served with steak and chips.

• from Jamie at Home

ingredients

• 1 large red onion, peeled and roughly chopped
• ½ a bulb of fennel, trimmed and roughly chopped
• 1 stick of celery, trimmed and roughly chopped
• olive oil
• a thumb-sized piece of fresh ginger, peeled and roughly chopped
• 2 cloves of garlic, peeled and sliced
• ½ a fresh red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped
• a bunch of fresh basil, leaves picked, stalks chopped
• 1 tablespoon coriander seeds
• 2 cloves
• 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• sea salt
• 500g amazing cherry or plum tomatoes, halved plus 500g tinned plum tomatoes, chopped
or
• 1kg yellow, orange or green tomatoes, chopped
• 200ml red wine vinegar
• 70g soft brown sugar

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1. by megan w on Fri 06 Jan 2012 @ 13:48

thankyou for this lovely sauce recipe! I make it every sunday with my grandma, it's delicious! lol.

2. by RamasesN3 on Wed 05 Oct 2011 @ 11:29

@Dianne ". Place the sauce on the heat and simmer until it reduces and thickens to the consistency of tomato ketchup"

3. by Mike Galvin on Thu 25 Aug 2011 @ 10:15

I used the 'Print' function to print out the Ketchup recipe. On the A4 sheet of paper, only the left hand half of the page was used, and under the top image there was an empty space of almost 2 inches. Finally, the text printed at about 4pt - almost needing a magnifying glass to see it... Surely, the person responsible for this Website could have produced a PROPER printed version, formatted to be readable in a kitchen, and using the page sensibly, perhaps via a PDF file?

4. by Dianne on Tue 09 Aug 2011 @ 11:19

Just made this, the taste is heavenly but it is quite runny, any ideas on how to make it more like ketchup consistency, Ive bottled it up already, in the hope it might thicken. also it seems to be seperating, has anyone else had this problem??

5. by Matt on Sat 16 Apr 2011 @ 13:34

@Sophie you could find the preparation on foodnetwork, here I haven't found it yet Matt

6. by Sophie on Thu 07 Apr 2011 @ 11:51

so then all you need to do, is just mix it all together then ?? :)

7. by 4getnhealthy on Fri 11 Feb 2011 @ 17:07

I was wondering if you can can this sauce or freeze. How long would it last in the fridge.

8. by reiss on Fri 31 Dec 2010 @ 13:08

what show is this recipe from guys

9. by metzfits on Sun 05 Dec 2010 @ 18:22

I have tried to make my own tomato ketchup and it was HEAVENLY! My partner, Paul, even said it was better than the bottled stuff, I was sooooo chuffed with myself lol

10. by ACDC on Sun 01 Aug 2010 @ 16:00

To KJones
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