Homemade tomato ketchup: how to prepare natural sauce for winter

Tomato ketchup is one of the most favorite sauces. It is very easy to prepare at home - it is natural and without preservatives. For piquancy, it should be supplemented with aromatic spices, and for a bright taste - apples.

One of the culinary blogs(greenhouse_mk) in Instagram published a recipe for homemade ketchup from tomatoes and apples.

Ingredients:

• tomatoes - 4 kg
• onion - 0.5 kg
• apples - 1 kg
• sugar - 300-400 g
• salt - 2 tbsp.
• pepper - 1 tsp.
• vinegar - 100 g

Method of preparation:

1. First, wash tomatoes, onions and apples. Cut the ingredients into 4 pieces, transfer to a saucepan, put on the fire and cook for 1 hour.

2. Cool the resulting mixture, strain and grind with a blender.

3. Pour the resulting mixture into a saucepan and put back on the fire. Cook for 1 hour.

4. Add sugar and salt. Cook for another 30 minutes.

5. Add pepper and vinegar. Cook for another 5 minutes.

6. Pour hot ketchup into sterile jars and seal with lids. Done!

Also on OBOZREVATEL you can familiarize yourself with recipes:

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