Homemade Creole Tomato Ketchup

Creole Tomato Ketchup
PREP TIME: 1/2 Hours
Yield: About 3 cups


COMMENT:
Although there are many flavored ketchups available on the supermarket shelf, why not try your hand at a homemade version. This simple sauce is the perfect base for the imaginative cook to create their own home style delicacy.

INGREDIENTS:

4 pounds Creole tomatoes, cored and chopped
2 cups granulated sugar
3/4 cup malt or apple cider vinegar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon hot pepper sauce
METHOD:
Combine the chopped tomatoes, sugar, and vinegar in a large bowl and mash to a pulp with your hands or a potato masher. Place the tomato mixture and all of the remaining ingredients in a large, heavy, non-reactive saucepan. Cook the mixture slowly over low heat until the puree is thick and bubbly, about 1½ hours. Remove the pan from the heat and pass through a sieve into a clean bowl. Allow the ketchup to cool, then serve or store in an airtight container in the refrigerator until ready to use.

I don't do ketchup but I do smoked tomato jam and smoked tomato tartar sauce and I grow tons of creole.

Core some ripe tomatoe, x the bottom, bit of sea salt and put on your smoker or off heat on the grill. I do them over low heat on the green egg until softened. About half hour to and hour depending on fire and ripeness. Let cool, peel, seed and chop.

Then make your ketchup or whatever. It's a great flavor.

Save the water they make and build a BBQ sauce out of it.