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Homemade ketchup

Preparation time
less than 30 mins

Cooking time
30 mins to 1 hour

Serves
Makes 1 litre/1¾ pints

Dietary
Vegetarian

By Matt Tebbutt
From Saturday Kitchen

Ingredients

  • 100ml/3½fl oz olive oil
  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • 6 large garlic cloves, chopped
  • 1 red chilli, chopped
  • 1 red pepper, seeds removed and diced
  • 1 apple, peeled, cored and diced
  • 1.5kg/3lb 5oz plum tomatoes, chopped
  • 1 tsp allspice
  • 2 tsp celery salt
  • 50g/1¾oz caster sugar
  • 100ml/3½fl oz cider vinegar
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 200C/180C Fan/Gas 6.

  2. Heat the oil in a large frying pan and sweat the onion, garlic, chilli, pepper, apple and tomatoes for 20 minutes. Add the allspice, celery salt, sugar, vinegar and 1 teaspoon of black pepper and cook for a few more minutes.

  3. Transfer to a food processor or blender and blend well and pass through a sieve. Taste and season with salt and pepper if preferred. Place in sterilized, sealed containers in the fridge and use within 1 week.

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