Kaye and Geoff's Recipes - Sauces


Selection of tomato/tomato-chilli sauces

Version 1

2250 tomatoes			8 cloves garlic
knob of ginger root		5 white onions
4 brown onions			225 gm red peppers (capsicum)
175 gm strawberries		bunch of fresh herbs
black pepper			Salt
ground allspice			ground cloves
3 chillies			ground cinnamon
2 cups vinegar			1.5 cups white wine
450 gm 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 large onions (white or brown)
200 gm cape gooseberries	300 gm 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
450 gm brown sugar		600 gm 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		500 gm 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.