Name: Homemade Chunky Ketchup (The Best)
Prep time: 1 h 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 2 h 45 min
Yield: 4 litres (16 cups)
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons (30 ml) pickling spices; 24 red tomatoes, peeled and diced; 12 apples, peeled, seeded and diced; 6 onions, diced; 1 red pepper, seeded and diced; 1 green pepper, seeded and diced; 2 cups (500 ml) white vinegar; 5 cups (1.25 litres) sugar; 2 tablespoons (30 ml) salt

Ingredients

2 tablespoons (30 ml) pickling spices
24 red tomatoes, peeled and diced  
12 apples, peeled, seeded and diced
6 onions, diced
1 red pepper, seeded and diced
1 green pepper, seeded and diced
2 cups (500 ml) white vinegar
5 cups (1.25 litres) sugar
2 tablespoons (30 ml) salt

Preparation

Place the pickling spices in a tea ball or in a piece of cheesecloth
In a large heavy pot, combine all the ingredients. Bring to a boil, stirring frequently. Simmer over medium heat for about 1 hour and 15 minutes, uncovered, stirring occasionally.
Pour into hot sterilized jars. Let cool and refrigerate

Note from Ricardo

To sterilize the filled jars with ketchup in boiling water, it will take about 15 minutes. This ensures a long shelf life at room temperature. Unsterilized ketchup will keep for three weeks in the refrigerator. You can also freeze the ketchup, without any sterilization.

Erratum: The recipe for Homemade Chunky Ketchup published in Volume 8, Number 7 is wrong. Please take the Web version of the recipe, where the vinegar was added. We are sincerely sorry.

Homemade Chunky Ketchup (The Best)

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Note from Ricardo

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