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Homemade Ketchup Recipe
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- 6 ounce can no-salt-added tomato paste
- 1/3 cup tap water
- 2 tablespoons vinegar
- 1/4 teaspoon dry mustard
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 pinch cloves
- 1 pinch allspice
- 1/8 cayenne pepper
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
This is simplicity itself. In a medium bowl combine all of the ingredients with a wire whisk. Blend well. Scrape the mixture into a pint-sized, resealable container. Chill overnight, to blend the flavors. Use wherever ketchup is desired.
To reduce the sodium content simply omit the salt.
Regular ketchup is chock full of sugar, salt, preservatives and all sorts of things you probably don’t want to think about. Specialty ketchup cost about $3 for a small bottle, and is still full of sugar. With this recipe you can make 12 ounces for for about 60¢. It tastes best after the seasonings have a chance to blend, but it can be used right away in a pinch. It tastes very good too, similar to regular ketchup only fresher tasting, and not so cloying and overly sweet.
The first time my husband tasted this he asked me if I made it or if was store-bought. If you’re an experimental cook then you’ll understand that this is not necessarily a good thing. In this case though, it was. I admitted I had invented the recipe and he immediately confiscated the jar and made it his own. That was several years ago. Since then we hardly ever buy store-bought ketchup anymore. He makes it himself whenever we run low and has taken to doubling the recipe whenever he mixes up a batch.
As written this recipe makes 12-ounces or 24 servings, 1-tablespoon each.
Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 14 Calories; trace Fat (2.8% calories from fat); trace Protein; 3g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol; 29mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 1/2 Vegetable; 0 Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates.
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