I know that shouldn't be so exciting...but it's one more thing I did for our family that didn't depend on consumerism so much. And no corn derivitives. Here's what I did:
4 lbs tomatoes
1/2 C vinegar
1/4 C sugar
1/2 ounce salt (rough measure)
I cooked the tomatoes in the crock pot until they could be smashed. I removed as much liquid as I could and put the rest thru the blender to smooth it out. In the crock pot I put the rest of the ingredients and stirred til the sugar and salt were dissolved. I added the tomato mix and it's simmering now-lid off-to let any more moisture cook out. It tastes a bit salty, so maybe less salt. It looks like it will yield about a quart. I don't plan to give it a hot water bath. I think the vinegar, sugar and salt will preserve it until we've used it all. It'll be kept in the fridge too.
Thanks for this easy recipe! I'm going to keep this for when I do mine this summer. :-)
ReplyDeleteUse a lot LESS salt-like just 8ml. Not sure what that converts to. Also, this qty made a pint, not a quart. Glad I could help!
ReplyDeleteI will use this recipe. What does 8ml of salt convert to in teaspoons?
ReplyDeleteI just made our chocolate syrup, and can't wait for my tomatoes to get ready so i can do some ketchup. We don't use much, but it would be nice like you said to get away from buying it. One less thing on my ever-shrinking grocery list.
It's about 1/2 a tablespoon...I have this chart in a sheet protector hanging on my fridge:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.cookbookpeople.com/images/kitchen-conversion-chart.pdf
I think I'll figure out a way to link to it on my blog...