Saturday 14 August 2010

Tomato sauce/ketchup

So I had made the sausage rolls, but it seemed a terrible shame to serve them with commercial tomato sauce.

But what recipe to use? A quick rummage through my cookbooks turned up nothing. Hmm... time to get inventing!

1.7kg tomatoes, roughly chopped
4 large onions
1.5 cups vinegar
1 cup sugar
2 cups water

Chop the onions finely. Cook with a splash of olive oil in a deep heavy bottomed saucepan until softened and transparent. Add the other ingredients and bring to the boil. Drop to a simmer, and simmer for an hour, topping up with water if required. Push through a seive and pour into jars.

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Someone asked for my judgement on how it worked out. I would describe it as a complete success (I don't post up my failures ).  Texturally it was just right, pouring and dipping in just the way you want from a sauce - clinging to the sausage rolls perfectly.

Well worth the effort to make it. It was a little spicier somehow than a commercial tomato sauce. I would definitely make this sauce again. 

Maybe if I am lucky one of the guests at the wedding will post up their perspectives on it!
 

5 comments:

Rosa's Yummy Yums said...

Lovely! I also make my ketchup, but I must say that I quite like the bought version... ;p

Cheers,

Rosa

Chef Gulzar said...

Hi!

Lovely! Great job......
Thanks for sharing this!



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Kiriel du Papillon said...

Hi Rosa and Gulzar

Thanks for commenting... I quite like the bought version too, but it does lack some style doesn't it!?

Zubaidatariq said...

Hi!

Lovely! Great job......
Thanks for sharing this!



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Restaurant Consultant said...

AND!! Was it better, worse, different or some post dipping analysis. Next time go store owned or would you make fresh again?