Kaye and Geoff's Recipes - Sauces


Selection of tomato/tomato-chilli sauces

Version 1

5 lb tomatoes			8 cloves garlic
knob of ginger root		5 white onions
4 brown onions			0.5 lb red peppers (capsicum)
6 oz strawberries		Bunch of fresh herbs
Black pepper			Salt
Ground allspice			Ground cloves
3 chillies			Ground cinnamon
2 cups vinegar			1.5 cups white wine
1 lb brown sugar		4 small apples, cored and grated
Chop everything that needs chopping - fairly fine for the garlic/onion/ginger. Combine all ingredients in a heavy-bottomed saucepan and heat over a low heat, stirring continuously with a wooden spoon until boiling. Simmer until you think they are done, then bottle into sterilized, heated bottles.


Version 2

1.75 kg tomatoes		8 cloves garlic
big knob of ginger root		1.25 onions (mixed white and brown)
200gm cape gooseberries		300gm capsicum
lots of basil			mixed fresh herbs
Salt    			Black pepper and cayenne pepper		
Ground allspice			Ground cloves
3 chillies			Ground cinnamon
2 cups cider vinegar		2 cups white wine
450gm brown sugar		600gm apples, cored and grated
Chop everything that needs chopping - fairly fine for the garlic/onion/ginger. Combine all ingredients in a heavy-bottomed saucepan and heat over a low heat, stirring continuously with a wooden spoon until boiling. Simmer until you think they are done, then bottle into sterilized, heated bottles.


Version 3 - plain tomato/garlic/chilli

3.8 kg tomatoes, skinned	6 large onions
1 head garlic			10 dried chillies (or fresh with seeds in)
mixed fresh herbs		Salt 
1 cup cider vinegar		1 cup brown sugar
Chop everything that needs chopping - fairly fine for the garlic/onion. Combine all ingredients in a heavy-bottomed saucepan and heat over a low heat, stirring continuously with a wooden spoon until boiling. Simmer until you think they are done, then bottle into sterilized, heated bottles.


Version 4

2.5 kg tomatoes			6 cloves garlic
mixed fresh herbs		500gm red onions
Salt    			Black pepper and Szechwan pepper		
Ground ginger			Ground cloves
3/4 cups cider vinegar		3/4 cup brown sugar		
2 apples, cored and grated
Chop everything that needs chopping - fairly fine for the garlic/onion. Combine all ingredients in a heavy-bottomed saucepan and heat over a low heat, stirring continuously with a wooden spoon until boiling. Simmer for 1 hour, over diffused heat. Cool, and put most of it through the blender (not all - leave some lumps).

Put it back on the stove and re-heat to boiling before bottling into sterilized, heated bottles.