Homemade Ketchup

Name: Homemade Ketchup
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 2 tbsp olive oil; 1 cup chopped onion; ⅓ cup brown sugar, packed; ¼ cup apple cider vinegar; ½ tsp salt; 796-mL can crushed tomatoes

Makes2 cups

Photo: Maya Visnyei

Forget store-bought, welcome this easy homemade ketchup recipe into your life. Get your little one to tighten his apron strings, this is a fun one.

Ingredients

2 tbsp olive oil
1 cup chopped onion
⅓ cup brown sugar, packed
¼ cup apple cider vinegar
½ tsp salt
796-mL can crushed tomatoes

Instructions

Measure olive oil, chopped onions, tomato paste, brown sugar, apple cider vinegar and salt.
Heat olive oil in a pot over medium heat, and sauté onions for 4 min or until softened. Add tomato paste and sauté 1 min longer.
Add canned tomatoes, brown sugar, cider vinegar and salt. Bring to a boil, turn heat to med-low and simmer 25 to 30 min or until liquid has almost completely evaporated. Transfer tomato mixture to a food processor or blender and whirl until completely smooth.

Originally published in our November 2013 issue. Photo by Maya Visnyei.

This article was originally published on Jun 13, 2015