Tomato and apple sauce is a great alternative to store ketchups and the best seasoning for meat and fish.
It can be prepared for the winter.
Depending on the ingredients used, the sauce may be spicy or with a mild spicy taste.
Tomato and apple sauce - the basic principles of preparation
Preparing a sauce of tomatoes and apples is not difficult. Tomatoes are the base of the sauce. The taste and future seasoning will depend on the variety and quality of this vegetable. The fruits should be ripe and fleshy. It is advisable to use tomatoes grown in the open field.
Apples for sauce are better to take sweet and sour varieties.
Tomatoes are washed, poured with boiling water and peeled off a thin skin. The pulp of a tomato is cut into slices or small pieces.
Apples are peeled, cut out, and chopped into arbitrary slices. Tomatoes and apples are placed in a saucepan and put on moderate heat. The mass is boiled, stirring until the apples are soft. In addition to tomatoes and apples, you can add onions or bell peppers to the sauce. Then the mass is interrupted with a submersible blender and boiled for an hour.
A few minutes before the end of cooking, salt, vinegar, sugar and spices are put in the sauce. You can use spices to your taste. A mixture of peppers, cinnamon, fresh or dried ginger, caraway seeds and cloves is best. Add chopped parsley, dill or basil greens.
For density, you can introduce flour into the sauce, after frying it until golden brown.
Recipe 1. Tomato and apple sauce for the winter
Ingredients
one and a half kilograms of ripe tomatoes;
black and red ground peppers;
250 g of apples;
50 ml apple cider vinegar;
120 g of onion;
one and a half glasses of white sugar;
45 g of salt.
Cooking method
1. My tomatoes, cut the stem and pour boiling water over them. Remove the thin skin. Cut the pulp into thin slices.
2. The onion is peeled, rinsed and finely chopped.
3. Peeled apples are cut in half and remove the middle with the stem. Cut the fruit into small arbitrary slices.
4. Combine the tomatoes with apples and tomatoes in a saucepan. We put it on a small fire and bring the mass to a boil. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the onions are transparent. It will take about 20 minutes.
5. The mixture of vegetables and fruits is interrupted by a hand blender. We continue to boil the sauce for another 50 minutes. Do not forget to stir so that the mixture does not burn. A quarter of an hour before the end of cooking, add sugar, apple cider vinegar, black and red pepper, and salt to the sauce.
6. Pour the sauce into warm, sterile jars and seal it tightly with a seaming key. We place the cans under the covers and leave them to cool completely.
Recipe 2. Tomato and apple sauce in a slow cooker
Ingredients
two apples;
5 g of sweet paprika;
a kilogram of tomatoes;
30 g of salt;
two bow heads;
50 g of tomato paste;
50 ml of vegetable oil;
30 ml Worcester sauce;
200 g of white sugar;
200 ml apple cider vinegar.
Cooking method
1. Wash the tomatoes and make a cross-shaped incision on the side of the stalk. Pour boiling water over the tomatoes and leave for a minute. Then drain the water and immediately place the tomatoes in cold water. Remove the thin skin from the fruit. Cut the pulp into arbitrary pieces.
2. Peel the onion and chop finely. Remove the peel from the apples, remove the seed boxes with the peduncle. Grind the fruit pulp in small cubes.
3. Turn on the multicooker in "quenching" mode and set the time on the panel for an hour.
4. Pour oil into the pan. Put the onion and stir it, stirring, until transparent.
5. Add tomatoes, apples to the onion and mix with a wooden spatula. Season the mixture with salt, sweet pepper and sugar. Send tomato paste and pour apple cider vinegar and Worcester sauce here. Stir, close the lid and simmer until the set time runs out.
6. Pack hot sauce in dry sterile jars or bottles and tightly tighten the tin lids. Cool the sauce by wrapping it in a blanket and store it in the cellar or pantry.
Recipe 3. Tomato and Apple Sauce with Ginger Root
Ingredients
table salt - 25 g;
ripe tomatoes - a kilogram;
ginger root - 25 g;
apples - a kilogram;
cloves - 15 buds;
four onions;
black pepper - 24 peas;
vinegar 9% - 300 ml;
sugar - 250 g;
chili pepper - 4 pods.
Cooking method
1. My tomatoes, we make a cross-shaped incision in the area of the stalk. Dip the fruits in boiling water for a minute. Then we take out the tomatoes in a colander and immediately place them under a stream of cold water. Remove thin skin from tomatoes. The pulp is cut into arbitrary pieces.
2. We clean the apples and cut out the core. The flesh is crushed in medium slices. We release the onion from the husk and finely chop.
3. We clean chili peppers from seeds and chop finely.
4. Put the tomatoes, apples and onions in a pan, pour a little filtered water and cook, covered, cover for half an hour on low heat.
5. Add chopped chili, sugar, vinegar, salt and other spices to the boiled mass. Cover and cook for the same amount of time. Then we rub the mass through a sieve.
6. The resulting mashed potatoes are placed in a saucepan and boiled over low heat, stirring until a thick cream. We pour the finished sauce into dry sterile bottles or jars and twist the tin lids. Cool completely by placing the container under the covers.
Recipe 4. Spicy tomato and apple sauce
Ingredients
tomatoes - three kilograms;
Neskets - five pods;
ground caraway seeds - 3 g;
sugar - 250 g;
ground black pepper - 5 g;
salt - 50 g;
cinnamon - 3 g;
vinegar 9% - 150 ml;
ground cloves - 5 g;
sunflower oil - 50 ml. only cloves of garlic;
three large apples;
sharp lane
Cooking method
1. My tomatoes and cut the place where the stalk was located. Cut in half and twist in a meat grinder through a fine wire rack.
2. Cut the peduncle of hot pepper and remove it along with the seeds. We clean the apples, cut them into quarters and cut the core. We pass everything through a meat grinder and add to the tomato mass.
3. We put the pan with the tomato-apple mixture on a slow fire and cook for an hour and a half.
4. Ten minutes before the end of cooking, season the sauce with sugar, spices and salt. Pour in the sunflower oil. Mix.
5. Before removing from heat, add vinegar. We pour boiling sauce into bottles or jars and twist boiled tin lids. Wrap a blanket and leave to cool until morning.
Recipe 5. Tomato and Apple Sauce with Sweet Pepper
Ingredients
meaty tomatoes - a kilogram;
ground red pepper;
sour apples - 400 g;
two cloves of garlic;
sweet pepper - 300 g;
70% vinegar - 40 ml;
sugar - 100 g;
vegetable oil - 5 ml;
salt - 60 g.
Cooking method
1. Tomatoes are washed with hot boiling water and carefully remove the thin skin. Peel the apples and cut out the cores. Rinse sweet peppers, dry and peel the stalk and seeds.
2. Grind fruits and vegetables using a meat grinder or blender. We transfer the resulting mass into a pan, pour in vegetable oil, mix and put on a small fire.
3. When the mass begins to boil, reduce heat to a minimum and cook the sauce for an hour, constantly mixing the contents of the pan.
4. Season the sauce with salt, red pepper, sugar and add crushed garlic. Cook another quarter hour.
5. Pour in the vinegar and cook for about five minutes. Pour the finished sauce into sterile dry bottles or jars and tightly tighten the tin lids.
Recipe 6. Sweet and sour tomato and apple sauce
Ingredients
9% table vinegar - 10 ml;
two kilograms of tomatoes;
clove of garlic;
250 g of red sweet apples;
black and red ground peppers;
5 g of honey;
1 g ground cinnamon;
1 g nutmeg.
Cooking method
1. Wash the washed tomatoes with boiling water and remove the skin from them. Cut the flesh into small arbitrary pieces and put in an enameled pan. We put on low heat and simmer for half an hour.
2. My apples, cut out the core, chop the pulp of the fruit into slices. Put in a saucepan, pour a little water and cook on low heat until soft. Then drain the broth, and rub the apples through a sieve.
3. Cool the tomato mass slightly and grind apples through a sieve just like apples. Mix apple and tomato puree. We put on the fire and cook for ten minutes.
4. Add honey to the sauce, season with spices and cook, stirring until the mass thickens. Then squeeze the garlic into the pan, pour in the vinegar and cook for another five minutes. Pour the hot sauce into a dry glass container and twist the boiled lids.
Tomato and Apple Sauce - Tips and Tricks
The sauce is best prepared from meaty tomatoes with dense pulp.
Be sure to remove the foam while cooking the sauce.
Add spices, sugar and salt only after excess moisture has evaporated.
To make the tomato sauce uniform and without seeds, wipe it through a fine sieve.
When adding spices, constantly taste the sauce. If the apples are sour, you can add a little more sugar.
You can replace table vinegar with apple or grape.
