Ketchup from My Way of Cooking- Review

[judydawn]

Done Snoozie & Brazen.

I love the book MJ, sure you will too.

[Debbiebillg]

I forgot to let you know how this went. Thanks Johnro for sending it to me.  I have made it twice now, the first time I included the Cayenne pepper and my eldest son thought it was too spicy, so I made a second lot and he's now working his way through that. He likes it but still asks for the bought one here and there but I just keep telling him we're not buying it anymore and he still eats the one I made (he'll get used to it). I explained to him that it's healthier for him and hopefully that goes some way to him liking it.

Oh and I used the first lot on pizza's (the kids ate it like that too as it was mixed with everything else). It was really nice on pizzas.

Did anyone find when making it though, with all the spluttering that happens in the first stage of cooking, my lid is very, stained from it and I've soaked it a few times but it's still there. It's mostly on the top side and the sunken section where it has the hole for the mc to fit in. I guess it will wear off eventually. 

[judydawn]

Oops. I forgot to add the 1 pinch of cayenne pepper to that recipe I sent you girls.  So you can either add it or leave it out if you take notice of what Debbie said.

I remember my lid being very dirty Debbie but it washed off quite OK and left no staining.  It will wear off eventually though.  I can remember with some other tomato saucey thingy I made and it got onto the white casing of the machine.  I thought it was stained for life but it eventually came off just by my normal wiping down of the whole surface after cooking something.

[Meagan]

Yes mine was quite stained but has worn off.

[fundj&e]

Can I have the recipe too please?

Where was the TM when we had “the recession we had to have” 

Would have made my life, easier and better.

[Kath]

I would also love it if someone could send me the recipe! My second son just loves tomato sauce and wants it on everything, I would love to try a homemade, TM alternative. 

[judydawn]

On it's way.

[pandateddy]

My tomatoes have finally all ripened and are falling off the vines faster than I can use them. Can you send me this recipe too please? Thanks, Pandateddy

[judydawn]

On it's way Pandateddy.

[Chelsea (Thermie Groupie)]

A couple of people have mentioned to me that they have found this sauce to have an unpleasant after taste and I wondered if it is the cooked honey.  I have copious amounts of tomatoes in the garden at the moment so last week I cooked a batch with rapadura but it wasn't sweet enough.  This morning I cooked a batch replacing the honey with 50g of water and 100g organic raw sugar and it was much more pleasant (no after taste) and even more like the commercial variety.  I know sugar isn't good, but this may initially help people to transfer their kids over to preservative-free sauce. 

[judydawn]

I haven't noticed an aftertaste Chelsea but will try your method anyway.

[CreamPuff63]

those in the enviable position of excess tomatoes will find this interesting reading.

[judydawn]

I was lucky enough to pick up 2.5kg large tomatoes this morning for $4 so will be making another couple of batches of sauce this week.

[Cuilidh]

Thanks for that link, CP63, that was a really interesting wee article - I always wondered why I had been told to put sugar into my pasta sauces and now I know!

[Twitterpated]

Not in the enviable position CP63 but had a read anyway. You learn something new every day on this forum.