Tomato ketchup

I just love it when homemade food gifts are appreciated.  I only made a few things this Christmas and one of those was small jars of homemade tomato ketchup.  My rather simple eater brother was over the moon, ate plenty on Christmas day and wanted more.  So what better birthday present only a month later than a few jars of the red stuff.

Like most of my recipes you can tweak this as you like adding extra spices or herbs but this one seems to be a sure winner in our family.

Tomato ketchup

1 onion (roughly chopped

2 garlic cloves

1kg tomatoes (riper the better, roughly chopped)

100g tomato paste

½ red capsicum

½ tsp Cloves

1 pinch nutmeg

10 mustard seeds

1 tsp salt

Pepper

1 bay leaf

1 tsp paprika

1 tsp chilli powder (optional)

100g red wine vinegar

100g honey / rapadura

• Place onion and garlic in Thermomix bowl and chop 5 sec speed 7
• Add oil and sauté for 3 min at 100° speed 1
• Add all other ingredients and cook for 30 min varoma sp 2
• Cook a further 10 minutes to thicken if required
• Tip: place basket on top of lid to prevent splattering
• Mix 30 sec speed 9 then pour into bottles or jars