Ketchup perfectly enhances the taste of dishes. If you don't like store ketchup, you can easily make it at home. We will tell you how to prepare homemade ketchup for future use and how to prepare a small plate of ketchup for dinner.
It is necessary
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- Tomatoes
- tomato paste
- onion
- apples
- flour
- water
- garlic
- vinegar
- mustard powder
- ground red pepper
- ground black pepper
- dried black pepper
- peas
- ground cinnamon
- grated nutmeg
- salt
- sugar.
Instructions
Step 1
Prepare and sterilize jars with lids in advance. Wash and dry 2 kg of tomatoes and a pound of apples. Slice the tomatoes. Cut the apples into quarters, remove the core. Mince the tomatoes and apples.
Step 2
Transfer the resulting mixture to a saucepan, add a third of a glass of sugar and the same amount of salt. Put on fire. When the mixture comes to a boil, reduce heat and cook for another two hours, stirring regularly.
Step 3
At the end of cooking, add spices: a teaspoon each of black and red pepper, a little bit of nutmeg and half a teaspoon of cinnamon. Mix everything well, cool slightly and rub through a sieve. Pour the finished ketchup into jars, close the lids and let cool. Store jars of ketchup in a cool place.
Step 4
If you want to stock up on ketchup for a whole year, the following recipe will do. Take 5 kg of tomatoes, wash, dry, mince. Bring the resulting tomato puree to a boil in a saucepan and rub through a sieve.
Step 5
Peel and finely grate five onions and add to the tomato puree. Add a glass of sugar, a pinch of salt, the same amount of mustard and a dozen black peppercorns to the mixture. Mix everything thoroughly and cook for 25-30 minutes. At the end of cooking, add a glass of vinegar. Pour the finished ketchup into jars and close the lids.
Step 6
If you don't need a strategic supply of ketchup, this express recipe will do. Stir a tablespoon of flour in half a glass of cold water. Cook the resulting mixture over a fire until it thickens slightly. Add 30 g of sugar, 100 ml of vinegar, a pinch of salt, two chopped cloves of garlic, a little bit of mustard. Add 400 g of tomato paste and mix thoroughly. The ketchup is ready.
