Ketchup is a variety of tomato sauce that is very popular in all countries of the world: not a single hamburger or barbecue is complete without this aromatic additive.
Unfortunately, purchased ketchup adversely affects your health and figure, and you definitely should not give it to children.
"What to do, because my child loves ketchup so much?" - you ask. The answer is simple - make a tomato sauce yourself. After all, the product that you personally made will definitely not contain any harmful additives, dyes, or preservatives.
You can make such an addition to the main dish not only once, but also prepare tomato sauce for the winter.
What products will be needed
Before we introduce you the recipes for tomato sauces, let's talk about which foods and jars should you choose for spins.
- The main ingredient in this recipe is tomatoes. It is advisable to choose large fleshy fruits, but if there are none, then any other will do. The main advantage of seasoning is that you can use not only whole and even tomatoes, but you can buy beaten, cracked or irregularly shaped for a lower price (you do not need to mashed them). It is only important that they are fresh.
- If you are making tomato dressing for borsch, then it is not necessary to remove seeds from tomatoes, but in other cases, make sure that the seeds do not fall into the sauce.
- Spices in all recipes below - optional ingredient. Add them to your taste: love hot - more pepper, fragrant - more herbs, etc.
- If you cover homemade tomato sauce for the winter, then sterilize the jars well and boil the lids. You can roll the product into glass bottles with a screw cap, however, in this case, store them in a cool place.
Classic sauce
This tomato sauce is neutral, albeit very tasty. Many people like him.
Ingredients
- Tomatoes - 1 kg.
- Large onion - 2 pcs.
- Sugar - 150 g.
- Salt - 1 tbsp. l
- Odorless vegetable oil - 50 ml.
Cooking method
If you took a tomato “non-standard”, then we cut out all the damaged and rotted places (note that “non-standard” should be taken 1.5 times more than whole tomatoes without defects).
Cut the tomatoes into large pieces. We wipe them through a sieve, throw skins and seeds.
Cut the onion into small cubes. Fry it in a sufficiently large amount of oil until golden brown. We send tomato puree, salt and sugar to the fried onion. Fry the tomatoes until they boil well and excess liquid evaporates from them.
Beat the mixture with a blender. Let her boil again. We pack hot tomato sauce in pre-sterilized half-liter jars and roll up. We put the cans on the floor, covered with a towel, with the covers down, wrap them with a blanket and leave them in this form for the night. In the morning we put the banks in a dark place.
Tomato sauce recipe for those who like spicy
This seasoning is suitable for passionate and hot natures - lovers of thrills. By the way, there is an opinion that moderately spicy food is good for the stomach and blood circulation. Serve this sauce with meat or pasta.
Ingredients
- Tomatoes - 4 kg.
- Garlic - 2 large heads or 3 medium.
- Sugar - 6 tbsp. l
- Salt - 0.5 tbsp. l
- Coarse black pepper - 1 tbsp. l with a slide.
- Allspice - 10 peas.
- Carnation - 10 inflorescences.
- Vinegar - 2 tbsp. l
- Hot peppers - 2 pods.
- Paprika - 1 tbsp. l
How to cook hot sauce
My tomatoes, we remove all rotten and beaten places. We cut them into large pieces. We fall asleep in a deep saucepan and bring to a boil.
After boiling, reduce the heat under the pan and simmer the future tomato sauce for half an hour.
Cut the pepper into rings and send it to the tomatoes. Stew tomatoes with hot pepper for another 30 minutes. Add all the specified spices and cook the sauce for another 15 minutes.
While the sauce is being cooked, we clean and pass all the garlic through the garlic press. Add it to the tomato mixture and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove the sauce from the heat and wipe it through a sieve. Return the mixture to the pan, bring to a boil. Add vinegar and simmer another 10 minutes.
Pour the sauce into pre-sterilized jars and roll them up. We put the cans on the floor of the can with the lids down and cover them with a warm blanket. We leave them in this form for 12 hours. After we remove the jars in a dark, cool place.
From the given amount of ingredients, you should get ketchup about three half-liter jars. If you want to cook such homemade tomato sauce in larger quantities, then take all the products more 2-3 times.
Sweet and sour sauce
You can make an unusual tomato sauce for the winter. The recipe for this seasoning is given below.
Thanks to the fruits and honey contained in the product, it has a sweet touch and therefore is perfect for grilled meat. This ketchup is somewhat reminiscent of a favorite American barbecue sauce.
Ingredients
- Tomatoes - 5 kg.
- Sour large apples (for example, Antonovka) - 2 pcs.
- Coarse black pepper - 1 tsp.
- Cinnamon is on the tip of a knife.
- Nutmeg - 0.5 teaspoon.
- Honey - 1 tsp.
- Hot red pepper - 1 tsp. without a slide.
- Garlic - 1 head.
- Vinegar - 2 tbsp. l
Cooking great seasoning
Prepare tomatoes - wash, clean from spoiled places. Cut the tomatoes into large cubes. From the apples, remove the core with seeds and cut them into cubes too. Mix apples with tomatoes in a pan. Put them on medium heat for 30 minutes (until apples and tomatoes soften).
The resulting mixture is ground through a sieve and sent back to the pan. Boil tomato sauce for another 10 minutes. Add salt, black pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg and hot red pepper to the brew. Mix thoroughly and leave to languish for another 5 minutes. After that add honey, vinegar and garlic and boil for another 5 minutes.
Distribute the sauce in pre-sterilized jars. Let's roll them up. We put the cans with the lid down on the floor, covered with a towel, and cover everything with a blanket. Leave them like that for the night. In the morning we’ll put it in the pantry or cellar.
Barbecue sauce
The last tomato sauce, the recipe of which we will describe in this article, is everyone’s favorite barbecue sauce.
This world-famous masterpiece was invented in North America, and its recipe has been sold worldwide. Not a single picnic in nature is complete without his participation in the USA.
Barbecue tomato sauce enjoys its popularity not only because of its unusual and bright taste, but also because of its versatility: it can be used as an additive to the main dish and as a marinade for meat, poultry, fish or even vegetables.
Here is a classic recipe for this sauce, but you can change it depending on your own taste and the products that you have.
Ingredients
- Fresh tomato puree - 1 kg.
- Tomato paste - 200 g.
- Large onion - 2 pcs.
- Odorless vegetable oil - 0.3 cups.
- Honey - 2 tbsp. l
- Cereal mustard - 2 tbsp. l
- Granulated garlic - 2 tbsp. l
- Ground chili pepper - 1 tsp. with a slide.
- Worcester sauce - 30 ml.
- Apple cider vinegar - 100 g.
- Allspice and salt to taste.
Cooking process
Boil the tomato puree (seedless and skins) to evaporate all excess moisture. Cut the onions into small cubes and fry them in vegetable oil in a deep saucepan until transparent. Suppress mustard seeds in a mortar. Send mustard, black pepper, sugar and chili to the onion. Stir the mixture thoroughly.
Add honey and tomato paste to the pan. Mix well again and simmer for 5 minutes. Add boiled tomato puree to the mixture and simmer for 15-20 minutes on low heat.
Add vinegar, Worcester sauce and salt. Interrupt the mixture with a blender. Boil the sauce for another 20 minutes. Pour the finished product into sterilized jars and close them. Leave to cool on the floor under the covers, with the cover turned upside down. After a day, remove the cans in the cellar (if it is the cold season) or in the refrigerator.