Sweet And Pulpy Tomato Ketchup Recipes

SWEET AND PULPY TOMATO KETCHUP

Steps:

• Boil a large pot of water. Core tomatoes and score stem ends. Add to water and boil until skin begins to peel, about 10 seconds. Remove and let cool enough for handling. Peel skin from tomatoes and quarter them.
• In a large nonreactive pot, simmer tomatoes over low heat, stirring frequently, until they are soft. Press tomatoes through a large mesh sieve into a bowl and discard seeds.
• In a large, heavy, nonreactive pot, combine sieved tomatoes, onions and peppers. Bring to a boil over high heat and reduce until thickened slightly, about 10 minutes. Reduce heat to medium low, add salt, sugar, vinegar, paprika and horseradish, and stir until sugar is dissolved. Simmer, stirring occasionally to avoid scorching, until ketchup is slightly looser than bottled ketchup, about 2 1/2 hours.
• Combine peppercorns, allspice, celery seeds, cinnamon, mace, ginger, garlic and cloves in a cheesecloth and tie it closed. Add to ketchup and continue simmering 25 minutes, stirring to avoid scorching. Remove spice bag and discard.
• Pour hot ketchup into sterilized bottles or jars and seal. The ketchup may be used immediately but improves with 2 to 3 weeks' aging. It may also be frozen for as long as 6 months.

QUEBEC FRUIT KETCHUP

Steps:

• Peel and cut the tomatoes in big chunks.
• Peel, cut the core away and cut the apples in pieces.
• Slice the celery stalks thinly.
• Cut the pepper, slice off the seeds and cut in small pieces.
• Peel the onions and slice them to obtain nice thin slices.
• Pour the fruit cocktail can through a sieve and keep only the fruits.
• Put all the ingredients except the fruit cocktail in a big pot, bring to a boil and reduce heat so that it only makes little bubbles (slow to medium-slow heat).
• For the whole cooking period, put 3 pennies evenly spaced on your burner to avoid the sticking in the bottom of your pot. Also, it is important to stir often: cook for one hour then add the fruit cocktail pieces and cook for another hour. The consistency of the liquid part of this ketchup is similar to a thick syrup and you can verify by putting a spoonful in a cold saucer when near the end of the cooking time.
• Put in sterilized jars (Mason type) and close the lids.
• Store in a dark cool place.

RIPE TOMATO KETCHUP RECIPE - (5/5)

Steps:

• Bring a large pan of water to a boil. Drop tomatoes in the boiling water for approximately 2 minutes. Remove to a pan of ice water. The skins will slip off easily. Chop the tomatoes, peppers and onions. Stir in the remaining ingredients and cook until all are tender. Cook over medium to medium-high heat. Put the mixture into clean, sterilized pint jars and seal. This recipe yields 10 to 12 pints.