a few ketchup variants recipes

i'm not big on regular store-bought ketchup so i resolved to make my own ketchup. after looking at dozens of recipes, i came up with my own, as well as a few variants (spicy, honey bbq, and mushroom). i plan to make small revisions in the future, but making all of these produced enough ketchup to last me months.

plain ol' delicious ketchup:

• 1 cup tomato puree


• 1/4 cup brown sugar


• 1/3 cup cider vinegar


• 1/4 cup onion, diced as small as possible


• a pinch of cayenne


• a pinch of allspice

fantastic spicy ketchup:

• again, 1 cup tomato puree


• 1/3 cup brown sugar


• 1/4 cup cider vinegar


• 1/4 cup onion, pulverized


• 1 to 3 tsp cayenne


• a pinch of allspice


• 1 to 3 tsp chili powder


• optionally, a dash of chipotle in some form (i used hot sauce)


• optionally, a dash of liquid smoke


• adjust amount of spicy ingredients depending on how spicy you want it

i can't believe it's honey barbecue:

• big surprise, 1 cup tomato puree


• 1/4 cup brown sugar


• 1/4 cup cider vinegar


• 1/4 cup honey (from bees)


• 1/3 cup onion, vaporized


• 1 tsp liquid smoke


• a pinch of cayenne


• a pinch of allspice

check out this amazing mushroom ketchup:

• you'll never believe that it's another 1 cup of tomato puree


• 1/4 cup brown sugar


• 1/3 cup cider vinegar


• 1/4 cup onion, atomized


• 1 cup mushrooms (your pick), give them the onion treatment


• wow, no way,


• a pinch of cayenne


• a pinch of allspice

cooking directions for all recipes:

• take all of the ingredients and put them in a pot


• stir it up crazy good


• heat it until it boils (cover it or your stove will look like an art project)


• reduce heat, optionally remove cover to allow delicious aromas to waft about your kitchen


• cook half an hour or until you get tired of waiting


• put it in the refrigerator for hours or until you get tired of waiting


• eat it until you get tired of eating

about the onions and mushrooms:

• if you don't want chunky ketchup, these ingredients need to be blended to hell and back


• if you want or don't mind the chunks, just dice them


• i think chunky works fine if you're just going to pour it on a burger, not so good for dipping

chef's notes:

• wow who knew ketchup was so easy to make? the hardest part was cleaning up


• if you want, use fresh tomatoes and puree them yourself (i don't know how to do that)


• why didn't anyone tell me liquid smoke is so awesome

Submitted January 29, 2015 at 04:25AM by xensky http://ift.tt/1LiI7Em recipes