Making Homemade Ketchup

We have a recipe for homemade ketchup that I copied down several years ago but never tried. We were curious to see how it tastes, so we tried it this past week. 

While it wasn't just like the flavor of the commercial brands, it was quite nice and made a nice ketchup sauce for hamburgers. We made this batch with honey. We will likely make the next batch with cane sugar and compare the taste.


Homemade ketchup



Homemade Ketchup

6 oz. tomato paste
Just under 1/3 c water
2 T vinegar
1/4 t. onion granules
1/4 t. garlic granules
1/4 t. dry mustard
pinch of cinnamon
pinch of cloves
pinch of allspice
pinch of cayenne
1/4 t. sea salt
1/8 c. sugar or 1 - 2 T honey

Whisk ingredients together until smooth.


Do any of you make ketchup? Feel free to share your favorite recipes in the comments below!

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