The ketchup is almost pure tomato sauce, sweet and sour, retaining most of the unique flavor of the tomato, in the daily diet of the use of a wide range, whether it is to do pizza, eat fries, with bread, and even Chinese cooking are widely popular, sweet and sour taste especially by the children's favorite. There are children at home always buy a few bottles of ketchup, but go to the supermarket to buy ketchup although the flavor is good, but more than ten dollars a bottle of the price is not cheap, and in order to extend the shelf life, do not have to avoid the addition of preservatives, additives, so you want to eat more healthy, you can try to do it yourself at home.

Tomatoes this season are generally very cheap, 2 dollars a pound or so, used to make tomato sauce cost is very low, 5 dollars of tomatoes can be made out of a big bowl, and do it yourself tomato sauce fresh and tasty, full of nature's breath, not a little bit of additives, to the children to eat more assured. Preparation of the ingredients is also very simple, a few tomatoes, half a lemon can be done, like tomato sauce to try it.

Ketchup

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The ingredients used: 5 tomatoes, half a lemon, icing sugar, appropriate

The first step: tomatoes should be peeled ahead of time, it is best to use the natural ripened tomatoes, tomatoes, tomatoes, the top of the carve a cross-hairline knife, the pot of water boiled, put the tomatoes and slightly boiled! The first step is to remove the skin from the tomatoes, and then put them into cold water.

The second step: cut all the tomatoes into pieces, pay attention to cut, do not waste the tomato juice, it is best to find a large bowl, in the bowl cut.

Step 3: Put the tomato chunks into the cooker and beat the tomatoes into a fine tomato juice and set aside.

Step 4: Pour all the tomato juice into a clean pan, you can use a flat bottomed frying pan, it will be quicker to make. The pan I used was a Sanho frying pan, this non-stick performance is particularly good, simmering this kind of thick sauce is very convenient, but also lightweight, very suitable for girls to use.

Step 5: Squeeze the lemon juice of half a lemon into the pot to increase acidity and speed of condensation, medium heat, boil, boil and add icing sugar, and then we have to keep stirring, the whole time to keep the heat in low, tomato juice will be bulging, tomato sauce will be scattered, pay attention to do not get burned.

Sixth step: when the tomato juice becomes more and more thick will become tomato sauce, simmering to tomato sauce with a spatula will not immediately close when you can, so a red color, sweet taste, without additives, homemade tomato juice on the ready.

Tips;

1, try to choose natural ripe tomatoes, do not buy ripe, the taste will be more delicate and sweet.

2, the sweetness and sourness of the tomato sauce can be adjusted by yourself, and put more icing sugar if you like sweet.

3, homemade ketchup preservation time is relatively short, pay attention to be put in the refrigerator, 1 week to eat the best.

4, ketchup do not boil too dry, after cooling will absorb some water to become thicker, boil too little water ketchup will be a little hard.