How To Make Tomato Sauce – Nanna Style

Okay. I was s’posed to be cleaning my house. But instead. I was looking at recipes for tomato sauce. I’m a bit obsessed with traditional fare at the moment. Lemonade. Ginger beer. Tomato Sauce. I’m making mustard next.

Here it is. It sounds like Super-Nanna sauce to me! Tomatoey and spicey and vinegary. I’m making this in the coming week. Let me know how you go with yours.

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Nanna-Rific Tomato Sauce
(Like Ketchup – but Australian!)

• 10 kilos of ripe tomatoes- chopped roughly
• 2.5 kilos of granny smiths – cored and peeled and chopped roughly
• 30g of ground ginger
• 30g of whole cloves*
• 30g of whole allspice*
• 1 tsp of mace
• 30g cayenne pepper
• 1 litre white vinegar
• 1.5 kg sugar
• 8 tablespoons of salt
• 2kg chopped onions

* bundle these up in some muslin or calico with string to keep closed and pop in – you need to take it out once cooking time is up, though.
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What to do:

Put all ingredients into a very large pan. Boil for 3.5 to 4 hours. Blend or sieve to make for a smoother consistency. Bottle in sterilised jars. Make adorable labels with smiling tomatoes on them. Give to people for Christmas! Bravo!

(If you like – add a few cloves of garlic, cumin seeds and some chilli for a bit more gusto!)

Let me know how you go – if you make some too!

xx Mikes