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You no longer have to buy ketchup, but you can simply make it at home. There’s nothing difficult about it, and you won’t need many ingredients. You’ll save not only money but also your health, because store-bought ketchups contain a lot of preservatives and other substances that are not suitable for the human body.
Try the „Vasylivna“ ketchup that you won’t be able to tell from the store-bought one
To prepare the ketchup you will need:
- 4 kg tomatoes
- 4 kg onions
- 1 kg apples
- 2 cups of salt
- 1 cup of sugar
- 0.5 cup of vinegar
- A teaspoon of red paprika
- A pinch of cinnamon
And how to proceed when cooking our ketchup? Wash and peel the onions and apples. Wash the tomatoes as well and cut each ingredient into quarters, since you’ll be blending them anyway. Put everything into a heavy-bottomed pot and cook for 2 hours without a lid.
You can use a blender or a meat grinder
Cool the vegetables and you can pass them through a meat grinder or use a blender and then a sieve. The first option, however, will be easier and faster. Add sugar, salt, vinegar, and also red paprika and cinnamon to the mixture. You can add cinnamon to taste. Mix everything thoroughly and finally bring to a boil. Count 15-20 minutes from boiling, pour the hot ketchup into sterilized jars and tightly secure the lids. And you have plenty of ketchup for the whole winter.
You can use homemade ketchup, for example, with homemade fries, it also works as a base for tomato sauce or you can spread it on homemade dough for langos. It will certainly find use in your home too, and it will keep for a long time in the cellar or a dark room. If you open a jar, use the ketchup as soon as possible. The process is simple and you can make it whenever you have an excess of tomatoes. You can also give it as a gift if you choose beautiful jars or decorate them with a ribbon or a pretty sticker for gifting. An edible gift is the best thing you can give others. Unlike „lapačů prachu“, this present can actually be used.
