Despite the strange combination of fruits and vegetablesHomemade plum ketchup made very tasty and fragrant. This sauce can be filled with absolutely any dish. Especially it is suitable for pasta and various goulash with gravy.
Plum ketchup: recipe
Components for workpiece:
- ripe tomatoes - 3 kg;
- overripe purple plum - 1 kg;
- onion white - 4 heads;
- large green apples - 4 pcs .;
- sand sugar - a full glass;
- table salt - dessert spoon;
- allspice - dessert spoon;
- ground cinnamon - dessert spoon;
- ground clove - dessert spoon;
- Table vinegar - 50 ml.
Fruit Processing
To the plum ketchup turned out delicious, forblanks need to purchase only ripe fruit. After all, unripe ingredients are too hard and sour, which adversely affects the taste and texture of the workpiece. It should be noted that for the preparation of this sauce is best to get soft purple plums. They need to be well washed, remove the bones, and then cut into quarters. You also need to rinse the apples, remove the seed box from them and chop into cubes.
Vegetable processing
The process of stewing vegetables
The recipe for ketchup from plums requires a phasedheat treatment of all ingredients. To begin with, previously processed vegetables and fruits should be put in a large saucepan with a thick bottom and walls, and then mix them well and slowly bring to a boil. After that, the dishes with the contents should be covered with a lid and continue to quench for at least one and a half hours. During this time, all the ingredients are converted into a viscous homogeneous gruel thick consistency.
The process of grinding vegetables and fruits
After the products are extinguished, they must beremove from heat and cool slightly. Next, you need to put a fine sieve over deep dishes and grind all the gruel. As a result, you should get fragrant and thick mass, as well as unnecessary oil cake that can be thrown away.
The final stage in the preparation of the sauce
Ketchup from plums should be placed in smallsterilized jars. But before this cooked gruel must be put back on the stove, bring to a boil, and then gradually add granulated sugar, ground cinnamon, table salt, cloves and allspice black pepper. In this composition, the ingredients should be braised for 10-13 minutes, and then pour vinegar to them and remove from heat. Next, the sauce is required to distribute the banks and roll up.
After the fruit and vegetable ketchup has cooled, it must be placed in a refrigerator or cellar. In this place, the workpiece can be stored for 5-8 months.
