Catching up to Ketchup

Catching up to Ketchup
Thermomix can chop, cook, stir and blend all in one bowl with just one blade
Thermomix can chop, cook, stir and blend all in one bowl with just one blade

One of the things I appreciate the most about Thermomix is the fact that you can chop, cook, stir and blend all in one bowl with just one blade. This means that you not only save heaps of time and energy (both physical and electrical), you also save on washing up. And yes, as you must have heard by now, Thermomix cleans itself, too! As you’ll see below, this is why I love to make homemade ketchup in my Thermomix 😉

It’s now late summer and while my own crop of tomatoes may never completely see the likes of the colour red (or yellow, or orange, or black, as I have planted several varieties), there are literally truckloads of very ripe tomatoes in markets everywhere . It’s time to go out and get a flat of very ripe tomatoes and make some of that thick red stuff that has made its mark – if not its indelible stain – on cultures – and clothing! – around the world.

Plums are another ingredient in Thermomix Ketchup
Plums are an unusual and delightful ingredient in Thermomix Ketchup

Thermomix is such a clever kitchen tool that it is perfect for making ketchup while you go and do something else. Here’s an updated adaptation of former UK Thermomix Director Janie Turner’s recipe for ketchup as published in Fast and Easy Cooking, the 300-recipe cook book available from Thermomix in the UK. A great way to use up a glut of tomatoes from your garden (or store- or market-bought ones) as well as some of those delicious plums you may find along the roadside, this recipe also has far less sugar than typical commercial varieties.

This is a great recipe to make with your kids, too, as it will give them a sense of satisfaction at having created something, every time they reach for a bottle of homemade ketchup rather than the store-bought kind. Even more, you don’t have to peel or seed the tomatoes because Thermomix blends so fine, they’ll disappear!

Heirloom Tomatoes ready to eat or cook
Heirloom Tomatoes ready to eat or cook
Making tomato ketchup in the Thermomix is fast and easy!
Making tomato ketchup in the Thermomix is fast and easy!
This year I made 4 batches of ketchup in 2 of my Thermomixes. My bottles are all ready to label!

Thermomix Tomato Ketchup - updated method Sept 2017

A truly delicious ketchup or catsup that will enhance any food you choose to eat it with. Makes about 500 ml and requires about one hour advance preparation. Recipe can be doubled in either TM31 or TM5.
Prep Time: 1 hour
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 45 minutes
Course: sauces
Cuisine: American
Servings: 2 bottles
Author: Madame Thermomix

Ingredients

  • 400 g ripe tomatoes
  • 1 clove garlic peeled
  • 120 g ripe plums
  • 100 g sugar
  • 50 g white wine vinegar or malt vinegar
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 2 whole cloves
  • 1 small dried chilli pepper seeds removed (or not, if you want a really fiery ketchup!)
  • 1/2 tsp. salt

Instructions

  • Wash the tomatoes, cut in half and leave to drain, cut sides down, in a colander for about an hour. Wash and stone the plums.
  • Put the garlic, tomatoes and plums in the Thermomix bowl and chop 30 seconds/Speed 7.
  • Add all the other ingredients. Cook 30 minutes/100° C/Speed 1, placing the simmering basket on top of the lid to allow steam to escape and to stop spattering. During this time, sterilise your bottles, caps or lids. Don't forget to sterilise your funnel as well.
  • Cook again 15 minutes/Varoma setting/Speed 2 to reduce and thicken your ketchup.
  • At the end of cooking take out the bay leaf and cloves if you can find them. Carefully taste (beware, it will be hot!) and add more salt if required. Blend 1 minute/Speed 8. (Notice Thermomix’s Soft Start safety feature as you blend a hot liquid.) Pour into sterilised bottles, cover with sterilised lids, label and store in the fridge.
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This year I made 4 batches of ketchup in 2 of my Thermomixes. My bottles are all ready to label!
This year I made 4 batches of ketchup in 2 of my Thermomixes. My bottles are all ready to label!

Bon appétit !

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2 thoughts on “Catching up to Ketchup”

  • Thanks, Tenina! It’s just the tomato season in our part of the world so let’s get cooking some ketchup in our Thermomixes!

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