Tomato sauce for the winter - recipe with photo

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

Ketchup is a type of tomato sauce that is very popular all over the world: not a single hamburger or barbecue is complete without this aromatic additive.

Unfortunately, store-bought ketchup has a negative effect on your he alth and figure, and you should definitely not give it to children.

"What should I do, because my child loves ketchup so much?" - you ask. The answer is simple - make your own tomato sauce. Indeed, in the product that you personally made, there will definitely not be any harmful additives, dyes and preservatives.

You can make such an addition to the main dish not only for one time, but also prepare tomato sauce for the winter.

What products will be needed

Before we introduce you to tomato sauce recipes, let's talk about what foods and jars to choose for twists.

• Tomatoes are the main ingredient in this recipe. It is advisable to choose large fleshy fruits, butif there are none, then any others will do. The main advantage of the seasoning is that you can use not only whole and even tomatoes, but you can buy beaten, cracked or irregularly shaped tomatoes for a lower price (you still turn them into puree). It is only important that they are fresh.
• If you are making a tomato dressing for borscht, then it is not necessary to remove the seeds from the tomatoes, but in other cases, make sure that the seeds do not come across in the sauce.
• Spices are an optional ingredient in all of the recipes below. Add them to your liking: love spicy - more pepper, fragrant - more herbs, etc.
• If you are closing homemade tomato sauce for the winter, sterilize the jars well and boil the lids. It is also possible to put the product in glass bottles with a screw cap, but in this case, store them in a cool place.

Classic Sauce

This tomato sauce is neutral yet delicious. A lot of people like it.

Ingredients:

• Tomatoes - 1 kg.
• Large onion - 2 pcs
• Sugar - 150g
• S alt - 1 tbsp. l.
• Odorless vegetable oil - 50 ml.

Cooking method

If you took a tomato "substandard", then cut out all the spoiled and rotten places (note that "substandard" should be taken 1.5 times more than whole tomatoes without defects).

Cut the tomatoes into large pieces. We wipe them through a sieve, discard the skins and seeds.

We cutonion in small cubes. Fry it in a sufficient amount of oil until golden brown. We send tomato puree, s alt and sugar to the fried onions. Fry the tomatoes until they boil well and excess liquid evaporates from them.

Beat the mixture with a blender. Let it boil again. We pack hot tomato sauce in pre-sterilized half-liter jars and roll it up. We put the jars on the floor, covered with a towel, lids down, wrap them in a blanket and leave them in this form overnight. In the morning we put the jars in a dark place.

Tomato sauce recipe for those who love spicy

This seasoning is suitable for passionate and hot natures - thrill-seekers. By the way, there is an opinion that moderately spicy food is good for the stomach and blood circulation. Serve this sauce with meat or pasta.

Ingredients:

• Tomatoes - 4 kg.
• Garlic - 2 large heads or 3 medium heads.
• Sugar - 6 tbsp. l.
• S alt - 0.5 tbsp. l.
• Coarsely ground black pepper - 1 tbsp. l. with slide.
• Allspice - 10 peas.
• Carnation - 10 inflorescences.
• Vinegar - 2 tbsp. l.
• Hot pepper - 2 pods.
• Paprika - 1 tbsp. l.

How to cook hot sauce

My tomatoes, remove all rotten and beaten places. We cut them into large pieces. Pour into a deep saucepan and bring to a boil.

After boiling, reduce the fire under the pan and simmer the futuretomato sauce half an hour.

Cut the pepper into rings and send it to the tomatoes. Simmer tomatoes with hot peppers for another 30 minutes. Add all the indicated spices and cook the sauce for another 15 minutes.

While the sauce is cooking, peel and pass all the garlic through the garlic press. Add it to the tomato mixture and simmer for another 10 minutes. Remove the sauce from the heat and pass it through a sieve. Return mixture to saucepan, bring to a boil. Add vinegar and simmer for another 10 minutes.

Pour the sauce into pre-sterilized jars and roll them up. We put the jars with the lids down on the floor covered with a towel and cover them with a warm blanket. We leave them in this form for 12 hours. After we remove the jars in a dark cool place.

From the given amount of ingredients, you should get about three half-liter jars of ketchup. If you want to cook more of this homemade tomato sauce, then take 2-3 times more of all products.

Sweet and sour sauce

You can cook an unusual tomato sauce for the winter. The recipe for this seasoning is given below.

Thanks to the fruit and honey it contains, it has a sweet touch and is therefore perfect with grilled meat. This ketchup is somewhat reminiscent of Americans' favorite barbecue sauce.

Ingredients:

• Tomatoes - 5 kg.
• Sour large apples (for example, Antonovka) - 2 pcs.
• Coarse black pepper – 1 tsp
• Cinnamon - on the tip of a knife.
• Nutmeg - 0.5 tsp.
• Honey - 1 tspl.
• Hot red pepper - 1 tsp. no slide.
• Garlic - 1 head.
• Vinegar - 2 tbsp. l.

Cooking great seasoning

Let's prepare the tomatoes - wash, clean from spoiled places. Cut the tomatoes into large cubes. Remove the core from the apples with seeds and also cut them into cubes. Mix apples and tomatoes in a bowl. Put them on medium heat for 30 minutes (until the apples and tomatoes soften).

Grind the resulting mixture through a sieve and send back to the pan. Boil the tomato sauce for another 10 minutes. Add s alt, black pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg and hot red pepper to the brew. Mix thoroughly and leave to simmer for another 5 minutes. Then add honey, vinegar and garlic and boil for another 5 minutes.

Distribute the sauce into pre-sterilized jars. Let's roll them up. We put the jars with a lid down on the floor, covered with a towel, and cover everything from above with a blanket. Let's leave them like that overnight. In the morning we will clean in the pantry or cellar.

BBQ sauce

The last tomato sauce we feature in this article is everyone's favorite barbecue sauce.

This world-famous masterpiece was invented in North America and its recipe has been sold around the world. Not a single picnic in nature is complete without his participation in the USA.

Tomato barbecue sauce enjoys its popularity not only due to its unusual and bright taste, but also because of its versatility: it can be used as an additive to the main course and as a marinade for meat, poultry,fish or even vegetables.

Here is the classic recipe for this sauce, but feel free to modify it to suit your own taste and the ingredients you have.

Ingredients:

• Fresh tomato puree - 1 kg.
• Tomato Paste - 200g
• Large onion - 2 pcs.
• Odorless vegetable oil - 0.3 cups.
• Honey - 2 tbsp. l.
• Grain mustard - 2 tbsp. l.
• Granulated garlic - 2 tbsp. l.
• Ground chili pepper - 1 tsp. with slide.
• Worcester sauce - 30 ml.
• Apple Vinegar - 100g
• Allspice and s alt to taste.

Cooking process

Boil the tomato puree (without pits and skins) to evaporate all excess moisture. Cut the onions into small cubes and fry them in vegetable oil in a deep saucepan until transparent. Crush the mustard seeds in a mortar. Send mustard, black pepper, sugar and chili to the onion. Stir the mixture thoroughly.

Add honey and tomato paste to the pot. Stir again thoroughly and simmer for 5 minutes. Add the evaporated tomato puree to the mixture and simmer for 15-20 minutes.

Add vinegar, Worcestershire sauce and s alt. Blend the mixture with a blender. Boil the sauce for another 20 minutes. Pour the finished product into sterilized jars and close them. Leave to cool on the floor under a blanket, lid upside down. After a day, put the jars in the cellar (if it is a cold season) or in the refrigerator.