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Recipe: Ketchup edit

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Photo: Flickr user chispita_666

Created by: Anonymous

Edited by: Sheri

Other Names: Catsup

Yield: 2 1/2 cups

edit Ingredients

4

whole cloves

1

bay leaf

1

stick cinnamon

¼

teaspoon whole allspice

¼

teaspoon celery seeds

¼

teaspoon chili flakes

2

pounds tomatoes, roughly chopped

1 ½

teaspoons Kosher salt

½

cup white vinegar

1

onion, chopped

1

Anaheim chili, chopped

1

clove garlic, chopped

edit Preparation

Step 1

Bundle first six ingredients in cheesecloth.

Step 2

Combine spice bundle with remaining ingredients in a saucepan and cook until onions, chili, and tomatoes are soft, approximately 45 minutes; stir occasionally.

Step 3

Remove from heat and take out spice bundle.

Step 4

Puree in a blender until smooth.

Step 5

Strain through a mesh strainer back into pot.

Step 6

Cook an additional 20-30 minutes over medium heat until thickened.

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edit About Ketchup

For a smokey flavored ketchup add smoked paprika to taste. Add more salt, sugar or vinegar to adjust for personal preference. This recipe is based on an article found in the January/February 2009 Saveur magazine (issue 117).

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Ketchup, (also spelled catsup) is a condiment, usually made from tomatoes. The ingredients in a typical modern ketchup are tomato concentrate, spirit vinegar, corn syrup or other sugar, salt, spice and herb extracts (including celery), spice and garlic powder.Statements by H. J. Heinz Company and its subsidiaries, including labels of Heinz Tomato Ketchup Allspice, cloves, cinnamon, onion, and other vegetables may be included. Ketchup started out as a general term for ''sauce'', typically made of mushrooms or fish brine with herbs and spices. Some popular early main ingredients included blueberry, anchovy, oyster, lobster, walnut, kidney bean, cucumber, cranberry, lemon, celery and grape. Mushroom ketchup is still available in some countries, such as the UK, and banana ketchup is popular in the Philippines. Ketchup is often used with french fries (chips), hot dogs, hamburgers, sandwiches and grilled or fried meat. Ketchup is also used as a base for various sauces. Ketchup is also known as ''tomato ketchup'', ''tomato sauce'', ''red sauce'', ''Tommy sauce'', ''Tommy K'', or (in Australian rhyming slang) "''dead horse''".Australian slang: ;

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