Lazy Day Tomato Ketchup
Preparation two ways.usually tomatoes are ripe all at once.this recipe,you blanch, skin,stem, mash, freeze the tomatoes.then thaw, make at your leisure. Or you can make all at once. Vintage #4 crock recipe in which everything was put in a crock after skinning the tomatoes and it set for a week in a cool cellar before cooking.this recipe is salt free. Add if you like.
Steps
Heat a large stockpot with boiling water.
Add 8 to 10 tomatoes to the pot.
When the skins start to wrinkle , remove with slotted spoon to a sink of ice water.
Repeat until all tomatoes have been blanched.
Remove skins & stem end of each tomato.
Put in a large pot and mash down or cut in pieces.
To freeze and prepare later:.
Place in large freezer bags and mark.
To prepare , just thaw and add the following ingredients below.
To prepare fresh , add white onions to mashed tomatoes in a large pot.
Add all of the spices and heat on low.
Stir with a wooden spoon.
When simmering , add brown sugar.
Stir until mixed and taste.
Add more sugar if not sweet enough.
Add 1 cup water if you use liquid sweetner.
Cool down.
Put tomato mixture in blender in small amounts.
Puree.
Heat half pint sterilized jars in water in oven on low heat.
Heat seals.
Bring pureed mixture to a low simmer , do not burn.
Place in half pint jars or pint jars.
With a clean damp cloth wipe rim of jar .
Ingredients
tomatoes, white onions, cider vinegar, dry mustard, allspice, cloves, ground ginger, white pepper, celery seeds, brown sugar