[Perfesser]

I haven't tried this, but someone was asking for a recipe. Here's one.

CT
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Homemade CrockPot Ketchup
yields about 4 cups

1 (28 oz) can organic tomato puree
1 small onion, coarsely chopped
1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
1/4 cup organic brown rice syrup
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground mace
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
kosher salt to taste
fresh ground black pepper to taste

Place all ingredients except kosher salt and black pepper into a medium CrockPot (3 – 4 1/2 quarts). Stir well. Cover and turn on high for 2 – 2 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally. Remove the lid and puree with an immersion blender, or transfer to a regular blender or food processer and puree until smooth. Return to crock (if you used a blender of food processor) and cook on high uncovered for 30 minutes to 1 hour, stirring occasionally, until ketchup has reached desired consistency. You want it to be nice and thick.

Place into clean pint mason jars. Refrigerate or freeze. This will keep in the refrigerator for about 2 months.

[journeyforlife]

this is great, thankyou CT. can you use a hand blender in the crockpot to puree it?

[pretty woman]

I may try it. I remember wayyyyyyyyyyy back on one of my WW bouts.
I think we put tomato juice in a pot and let it simmer til it reduced to an appropriate
thickness and added sweetner.
This looks so much better.Thanks.

[Perfesser]

There is no reason at all that you could not use a hand blender, as long as you have one!

CT

[likearock]

I just use Heinz's reduced sugar version. It has 1 gram of sugar per tablespoon, and tastes just like regular ketsup. I use it when I make cocktail sauce for my shrimp!!

[journeyforlife]

Originally Posted by Perfesser

There is no reason at all that you could not use a hand blender, as long as you have one!

CT

i have 2 blenders ct, and 1 is a hand blender