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Classic Tomato Ketchup takes several minutes to prepare.

Classic Tomato Ketchup takes several minutes to cook.

Classic Tomato Ketchup makes 167 servings.

The ingredients for Classic Tomato Ketchup are:

* 10 pounds tomato, dead-ripe
* 1 red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
* 4 large onions, chopped
* 1-1/2 cups cider vinegar
* 2 garlic cloves, crushed
* 1 teaspoon peppercorns
* 1 teaspoon whole allspice
* 1 teaspoon whole cloves
* 5 cinnamon sticks
* 1 teaspoon celery seed
* 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
* 1/4 teaspoon cayenne
5 Tbsp Blackstrap Molasses (replacing 4Tbsp Packed Brown sugar and 3 Tbsp granulated sugar)
* 1 teaspoon salt

Here is how you make Classic Tomato Ketchup:

Cut tomatoes in quarters and puree them in food processor along with bell pepper. Strain puree through a coarse sieve to remove skins and seeds. (You can dump the puree into a colander and work it through with your hands until there is nothing left in the colander but a dryish pulp of skins and seeds.) Now puree onions, combine with tomato and pepper puree, and pour into a large stainless steel or enameled kettle. Cook and stir occasionally over low heat until it is reduced by about a third and is considerably thicker.Meanwhile put garlic, peppercorns, allspice, cloves, cinnamon, and celery seed into the vinegar in a small pot and simmer covered for 1/2 hour to steep spices in the vinegar. Pour about half the spiced vinegar through a tea strainer into the thickened tomato mixture. Stir. Also add sugar, mustard, cayenne, and salt at this point.Here is where the tasting comes in. You can adjust any of these ingredients to suit you. You can add more spiced vinegar. Or a little plain vinegar. More or less sugar, mustard, cayenne. Just sort of tinker with it. Cook it some more, stirring often, until it looks like catsup should look. Taste and adjust again. You may notice that it looks slightly curdled. Not to worry. Hit it a lick in the food processor. Smooths right out. Pour into sterile jars leaving 1/8" of head space.Process in a boiling water bath 15 minutes.Serving Size: makes a total of 2.5Litres of Ketchup = 167 Tbsp servingsNumber of Servings: 167Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user BLUEROSE73.

The nutritional information for Classic Tomato Ketchup is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 167
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 11.4

• Total Fat: 0.1 g
• Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
• Sodium: 17.6 mg
• Total Carbs: 1.5 g
• Dietary Fiber: 0.2 g
• Protein: 0.2 g

The dietary needs meet for Classic Tomato Ketchup is Sugar Free