I say tomato

So, I've managed to get enough sunlight and dedication to conjure up some home grown tomatoes - if I can do it in Salford, I can be done anywhere!
The only worthy way of using these beauties is in a French salad or tomato ketchup. I tried out the hero Valentine Warner's ketchup recipe yesterday with great results.

Grab a few lbs of tomatoes and get boiling!

Tomato Ketchup

2kg ripe (or over ripe) tomatoes, roughly chopped
1 medium onion, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, chopped
125ml cider vinegar
75ml malt vinegar
100g light muscovado sugar
1/2 tsp flaked sea salt
1/2 tsp English mustard powder
1/2 tsp ground cloves (you can bash whole cloves yourself)
1/2 tsp allspice
1/4 tsp ground ginger
1 cinnamon stick
1/2 tsp celery salt
1/2 tsp ground white pepper

Put all the ingredients in a large, heavy based pot and stir until brought to the boil. Cover loosely with a lid, reduce heat and simmer for 3 hours until pulpy.

Blitz the mixture until smooth and push through a sieve into a clean pan (squeeze out every last drop from the sieve!). Season if needed and bring to a simmer stirring for about 5 mins.

Sterilise one or two bottles by heating in a hot oven (180c) for 10 mins.
Pour the hot sauce through a funnel into the bottles, bump the bottle a couple of times to knock the air out and leave for half an hour before sealing with the lid.

Store for at least a month before using. Refrigerate once opened

Enjoy!