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homemade ketchup with fresh tomatoes

Catsup (1859)

The 3-alarm condiment you didn't know you were missing. "Make this catsup once, and you will wish to make it every year." From The Young Housekeeper's Friend, 1859
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 2 hours 30 minutes

Ingredients

  • 7 quarts tomatoes, peeled and sliced
  • ¼ ounce mace
  • ¼ ounce cloves
  • ¼ ounce nutmeg
  • cup horseradish
  • 2 red peppers (hot) (or large teaspoon cayenne)
  • salt to taste (I used about 2 tsp)
  • 1 pint wine
  • ½ pint vinegar (apple cider vinegar is a good choice)

Instructions

  • Skin and slice the tomatoes, and boil them an hour and a half.
  • Then put to one gallon not strained, a quarter of an ounce of mace, the same of nutmegs and cloves, one handful of horseradish, two pods of red pepper, or a large teaspoonful of cayenne, and salt as you like it.
  • Boil it away to three quarts, and then add a pint of wine and half a pint of vinegar.
  • Bottle it, and leave the bottles open two or three days; then cork it tight.
  • Make this catsup once, and you will wish to make it every year.
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