ROASTED HOMEMDE KETCHUP RECIPE

Got tomatoes? Want to make them into home made organic ketchup? Planted a lots of Roma tomatoes and make them into ketchup! The other varieties can be used too however they do have more seeds, which can be strain through a sheave or even filter though cheese cloth. I didn't do this, it didn't bother me.© copyright 2006-11 by P T Sherman..
Slice, drizzle with olive oil and roast in a 400* oven until the vegetables are sort of pasty, and very done.
10 pounds tomatoes
3-4 sweet chopped bell peppers
4 onions
2-3 heads of garlic, peeled
•Peel the roasted peppers. Blanche in hot water then cool in cold and peel the thin skins off.
•You don’t need to peel the tomatoes, but if you don’t, the end product will have a little more texture than regular ketchup. (IF you don't like the texture then do strain....)
•Place all roasted veggies and all the other ingredients in a heavy bottomed stock pot and simmer for 20 minutes.
Other Ingredients:
1 cup cider vinegar
1 cup balsamic vinegar
1/2 cup white sugar or organic raw sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar or Rapidura i.e.
2 teaspoons kosher or sea salt
2 teaspoons ground pepper
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon celery seeds
1 tablespoon of fresh grated ginger
1 teaspoon of ground cloves
1 tablespoon mustard powder
dash or two of Worcestershire sauce
Watch the pot! It will scorch if the temperature is too high. Stir frequently.
After simmering for 20 minutes, remove the pan from the heat and let it cool for about 30 minutes.
Use an immersion blender on the veggies or hand blender i.e. and blend them up into a paste.
If the ketchup isn’t as thick as you’d like, return it to the heat and simmer longer.
After its blended up, bring it slowly back to a simmer, be careful not to burn it. It's ready to can. Strain seeds out, or not. (If you have a juicer this can work but I never did)
Pour into hot pint jars, add lids and rings.
This will make about 8 pints. You’ll need to water bath the pints for 15 minutes. This ketchup also freezes very well.
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