Ketchup

I can’t seem to find ketchup without high fructose corn syrup in it. Does anyone know of any brands without it? I’m ready to make my own ketchup from tomatoes I grow! (Which really doesn’t sound like a bad idea)

I haven’t been able to find this either and have mostly just been replacing ketchup with organic salsas in every case possible. It would be really cool to make your own however and if you do let me know how it goes!

To be honest I have not ever tried to buy it without the fructose. I think it would be great to make your own. I wonder how hard it would be to do? Does anyone on here happen to know how to make your own?

Here’s a couple of recipes I have. Hope they are what you are looking for.

Tomato Ketchup

Yield: 1 batch

Description:
2 pounds tomatoes, chopped
2 large Garlic cloves, smashed
1/2 small onion, diced
1 tablespoon salt
2 teaspoons pickling spices
1/4 cup tomato paste

Directions:

In a medium stainless-steep or enamel saucepan, over a low flame, cook the tomatos and Garlic until the sauce begins to bubble.

Add the onion and red pepper and cook 1 to 2 minutes.

Stir in the corn syrup, vinegar, salt, and pickling spices and continue to simmer over the low flame until the sauce reduces and thickens, about 1-1/2 hours, stirring occasionally.

Do not rush. Cook over a low flame to prevent scorching.

Strain through a food mill and stir in the tomato paste.

Correct seasoning to taste, cool, and refrigerate in a covered container until needed.

The ketchup will thicken slightly as it cools, but it is not the consistency of store-bought ketchup.

The ketchup will keep up to three weeks.

Original Tomato Catsup

10 lb Tomato; totally ripe
1 Bell pepper, red; seeded & chopped
4 lg Onion; chopped
1 1/2 c Vinegar, cider
2 Garlic clove; crushed
1 ts Peppercorns
1 ts Allspice, whole
1 ts Cloves, whole
5 Cinnamon stick
1 ts Celery seed
1/2 t Mustard, dry
1/4 ts Cayenne
4 T Sugar, brown
3 T Sugar, white
1 ts Salt

Cut tomatoes in quarters and puree them in food processor along with bell pepper. Strain puree through a coarse sieve to remove skins and seeds. (You can dump the puree into a colander and work it through with your hands until there is nothing left in the colander but a dryish pulp of skins and seeds.)

Now puree onions, combine with tomato and pepper puree, and pour into a large stainless steel or enameled kettle. Cook and stir occasionally over low heat until it is reduced by about a third and is considerably thicker. Meanwhile put garlic, peppercorns, allspice, cloves, cinnamon, and celery seed into the vinegar in a small pot and simmer covered for 1/2 hour to steep spices in the vinegar. Pour about half the spiced vinegar through a tea strainer into the thickened tomato mixture. Stir. Also add sugar, mustard, cayenne, and salt at this point. Here is where the tasting comes in. You can adjust any of these ingredients to suit you. You can add more spiced vinegar. Or a little plain vinegar. More or less sugar, mustard, cayenne. Just sort of tinker with it. Cook it some more, stirring often, until it looks like catsup should look. Taste and adjust again. You may notice that it looks lightly curdled. Not to worry. Hit it a lick in the food processor. mooths right out. Pour into sterile jars leaving 1/8″ of head space. Process in a boiling water bath 15 minutes.

Thank you so much for the recipes. I always have an overabundance of tomatoes from our garden so this will be great to use them up before they go bad. Thanks again.

Indeed! Thank you for offering up that grand recipe idea. Now, if I make this, how do I sneak it past hubby who craves his high fructose fix?

Wow! Roguegal, that is a real good recipe. I never really tried to make one for myself, I always used Heinz ketchup as I liked its taste and never looked out for another one.

Cool, thanks for the recipes. We always have a bunch of tomatoes left over too, that would be a good way to use them! I found some organic ketchup that didn’t have any high fructose corn syrup in it. My daughter liked it, my husband said it was too sweet but he said he’d rather use it instead of the others.

Indeed! Thank you for offering up that grand recipe idea. Now, if I make this, how do I sneak it past hubby who craves his high fructose fix?

Well, you could save an old ketchup bottle and fill it with homemade. My mother used to do that with me all the time. More so with milk than anything else because I didn’t like the taste of 1% or 2% milk. Course that store-bought not homemade.

Here’s one more recipe for you guys. It’s not so much catsup as is salsa.

Tomato Salsa

2 1/2 c Diced ripe tomatoes
2 Scallions, chopped
4 oz Can mild green chiles, drain
1 Or 2 jalapeno peppers, chop
1 tb Chopped cilantro or parsley
1/2 Juice of lemon
1 ts Ground cumin
1/2 ts Salt

Combine the ingredients in the container of a food processor. Pulse on and off until the mixture is a coarse puree. Store in airtight container in refrigerator.

Ok has anyone actually made these recipes and had good luck with them? I want to try for my Ketchup loving son, but want someone else to go first, lol

I haven’t tried it yet, I’m debating whether to wait for good home grown tomatoes or to use tasteless store bought tomatoes. There aren’t any at the farmer’s market right now. I have heard the main difference is the consistency, in regular ketchup the corn syrup makes it smoother. I found this recipe in a cookbook from the 1930s. I’ve had very good luck with this cookbook, so I think I’ll try it. I believe they mean mustard powder vs prepared mustard, that’s how other recipes in the book are.

Tomato Catsup

5 quarts tomato pulp 2 1/2 cups vinegar
2 teaspons Cinnamon 2 teaspons black pepper
1 teaspon paprika 3 tablespoons salt
1 tablespoon mixed spices 1 large onion chopped
1 tablespoon mustard 3 tablespoons cold water
1 1/4 cups sugar

Prepare tomato pulp by washing and chopping tomatoes, cooking until soft, and rubbing through a sieve. Tie whole spices and onion in a thin bag. Mix mustard with cold water. Combine all ingredients. Cook slowly, stirring frequently, until thick.

I would give it a try tomorrow once I bring in the tomatoes, hopefully it turns out well and later you all can go for it.

So has anyone tried any of these recipes? I would really like to start to try soon as my ketchup bottle is about empty.