Roma Tomato Ketchup Recipes

The first video presented is our own Simple Recipe to Make Tomato Sauce. From this method, all you need to do to make a thick ketchup is boil this tomato sauce down some more until it is thicker.

This method is super simple and comes from my Romanian mother-in-law, where they have been doing it this way for decades. I like this method because it cooks in a lot of the flavor that a processor wouldn't catch. It's easy to pulverize a tomato down to juice, but this method simmers and cooks in the natural tomato flavors.

Below: This guy's British accent is very pleasant, and I'm sure he could describe anything and make it sound wonderful. He's using grape size "toe mah toes", which you can replace them with roma or other paste tomatoes. He also states that he's starting out with 3 kilos, which is approximately 7 pounds in American. It does look like takes the seeds out, but I guess they are ground up in the blender.

Below: Here is another recipe that uses real tomatoes, and not a recipe involving a can. We're only interested in making ketchup or sauces from scratch, using real tomatoes. The recipe below involves a lot more ingredients and preperation.