About a third of a cup of sugar in about two and a half cups of ketchup. Hardly any sugar.
On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 8:44 AM, EGNolan <egno...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Sorry for the delay, I had no idea how starved for good ketchup the world >> is. Here's what I got from my lovely wife, though "we" do apparently use >> some sweetening... > > > Makes ~2.5 cups > > 4 whole cloves > 1 bay leaf > 1 stick cinnamon > 1/4 tsp. celery seeds > 1/4 tsp. chile flakes > 1/4 tsp. whole allspice > 2 lbs. tomatoes roughly chopped > 1 1/2 tsp. kosher salt > 1/2 cup white vinegar > 5 tbsp. brown sugar (she said she uses a bit 'o honey* & a smidgeon of > molasses instead) > 1 onion, chopped > 1 anaheim chile, chopped > 1 clove garlic > > Once you've obtained all your necessaries it goes a bit like this: > > Wrap cloves, bay leaf, cinnamon, celery seeds, chile flakes & allspice in > cheesecloth. > Make it into a bundle and put it in your saucepan over mediumishhigh heat w/ > tomatoes, salt, vinegar, honey/molasses, onion & anaheims. > Smash the garlic. > Cook & stir, stir & cook 'til them onions & chiles is soft. (a while; ~40 > minutes?) > Remove your bundlaspice, puree (pu-ray) sauce in some sort og blending > device until it meets your idea of what ketchup consistency should be. Me, I > like mine smoove. > Strain said sauch through your meshiest strainer into a saucepan over medium > heat. > Cook & stir again, until thickened. (a while; ~30 minutes) > > Add salt & whatnots to your taste. > > Put it in a mason jar. Put a lid on it. Use it within 3 weeks. > > > After stating all this, I'ma just order the Westbrae vegetarian unsweetened > ketchup that was recommended for our next batch & see how that goes. > > Best, > Eric > Indpls > > > *bit o' honey is an amount, not the TM'ed lil' candy that you initially > thought > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- Anne Paulson It isn't a contest. Enjoy the ride. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
