Homemade ketchup is an ideal and, most importantly, safe sauce for meat and can also be added to a variety of dishes, such as soup, stuffed cabbage rolls if you like it spicier.

Cook Maria shared a recipe on Instagram for a delicious homemade ketchup made with plums, apples and beetroot.

Ingredients:

• tomatoes - 3 kg (the best "cream")
• onion - 0,5 kg
• plums - 0,25 g
• sour apples - 0,5 kg
• beetroot - 1 pc
• sweet pepper - 0,5 kg
• black pepper - 10 pc
• carnation - 2 pc
• allspice - 5 pc
• chilli pepper - 1 tbsp
• sugar - 100 g
• salt - 1,5 tbsp
• cinnamon - 0.5 tsp
• 9% vinegar - 50 ml

Method:

1. Slice the vegetables and fruit. Put into a saucepan, add cloves and pepper. Cook on a medium heat for 1.5 hours (without a lid).

2. Remove from the heat, blend until smooth with a blender.

3. After the mixture has been mashed through a sieve, add the sugar, salt and cinnamon to the mash, and then simmer on a low heat without a lid for about an hour.

4. Pour the ketchup hot into sterilised jars and seal.

You can also find recipes on OBOZREVATEL:

• Ketchup with turmeric and paprika
• Plum ketchup for meat
• Ketchup with hot pepper and flour