Delicious homemade ketchup can be obtained not only from tomato puree, but also from its mixture with sweet and sour apple flesh. Try using the recipes from our article to make this original sauce.
The recipe for ketchup from tomato and apples for the winter
Ingredients:
- tomatoes - 1 kg;
- apple - 1 piece;
- sweet pepper - 2-3 pcs .;
- onions - 1 pc .;
- hot pepper - to taste;
- sugar - 100 g;
- vinegar - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- salt - 1/2 tbsp. spoons;
- bay leaves - 1 pc.
Preparation
Cut the tomato peel crosswise, and scald the fruits themselves. Remove the peel from the blanched fruits and cut them into 4 parts. Apples are peeled and peeled and cut in a similar way. Also we do with onion and sweet pepper. Put the quarts of vegetables in a deep enamel saucepan, add chopped hot pepper, salt, sugar and bay leaf. Stew our ketchup on minimum fire for about 2 hours.
Ready-made vegetable purée must be cooled, and then chopped with a blender, or meat grinder. For homogeneity, our future ketchup can be wiped through a sieve. Return vegetable mashed potatoes to a small fire, add the vinegar to taste and cook for about half an hour. Ready tomato ketchup with apples can be poured on sterile jars and rolled up for the winter, and you can serve to the table directly from the plate.
The recipe for ketchup with apples
The homeland of apple ketchup, exactly, like ketchup in general, is America. The original American recipe for this sauce we found specifically for you, and you can read it in the recipe below.
Ingredients:
- olive oil - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- red onions - 3 pcs .;
- apples - 1 kg;
- tomatoes - 2.5 kg;
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- sugar - 400 g;
- red wine vinegar - to taste;
- cloves - 10 pcs .;
- cinnamon - 2 sticks;
- bay leaves - 3 pcs .;
- juniper - 12 berries;
- salt, pepper - to taste.
Preparation
We put on fire any thick-walled pot and pour olive oil into it. Passeruem on it chopped red onions for about 10 minutes, silt until soft. While the onion is fried, we can blanch the tomatoes and peel the apples from seeds and peel, both fruits, then cut into large chunks.
We send tomatoes and apple to onions, add sugar, red wine vinegar, all spices, bay leaf and juniper. Mix the contents of the pan, reduce the fire and weaken the ingredients for one and a half to two hours. Ready homemade ketchup with apples should resemble a homogeneous shiny smoothie, which should be seasoned with salt, pepper and vinegar to taste.