Red Tomato Ketchup - cooking recipe
Ingredients
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6 quarts basket ripe tomatoes
4 onions
8 celery ribs
4 apples
1 red pepper
1 green pepper
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons pickling spices, wrapped in cheesecloth
2 cups vinegar
3/4 cup white sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
Preparation
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Blanch and peel tomatoes.
Cut them in large chunks.
Peel onions and apples.
In processor pulse onions, celery, apples and peppers; do not pulverize them--leave them in approx 1/2-inch cubes.
In large saucepan, stir everything together except the sugars.
Cook medium low heat for 1 hour stirring now and then.
Add sugars and continue cooking another 2 hours stirring now and then.
Do not cover while cooking your ketchup!
Pour into sterilized jars; wipe rim.
Cover to seal.
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