Sweet Too Sour 5 Spice Peach Ketchup

Ingredients:
5 cups pureed peaches
1/2 teaspoon granulated garlic
1 loving cup lite brownish sugar
1 loving cup apple tree cider vinegar
1 loving cup water
2 teaspoons kosher salt
1/2 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
1 tablespoon Chinese v spice
1 teaspoon solid set down roasted ginger
1/2 teaspoon freshly solid set down dark pepper

Directions:

Prep your jars/lids. Place all ingredients inwards a heavy-bottomed nonreactive pot (I used my enameled variety Fe Dutch oven). Bring to a rolling boil in addition to develop until thickened to ketchup consistency*, well-nigh 20-30 minutes. Ladle into pint jars leaving 1/4 inch headroom. Process inwards a hot H2O bathroom for 10 minutes.

*The sauce does thicken upwards a flake upon cooling. You tin give the axe identify a pocket-size amount on a dish in addition to chill it inwards the fridge (while you're cooking the ketchup) to banking concern stand upwards for the cooled consistency if you'd like.

Yield: well-nigh 4 8-oz jars

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My thoughts:

I dearest making fruit ketchups because I loathe regular tomato plant ketchup but I dearest to dip. When I received a whole illustration of Washington state peaches from the generous people at Sweet Preservation, I bring to say, I was a trivial overwhelmed. I ended upwards making iv dissimilar pocket-size batches of jam (tune inwards side yesteryear side calendar week for ii novel jam recipes) in addition to nevertheless had a lot of peaches left. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 peach ketchup was the answer! I pureed the peaches (and crushed the ones for jam) final dark in addition to and thence today, when it came fourth dimension to truly brand the ketchup, I was stumped. I dug some inwards my spice cabinet in addition to came across a novel bottle of Chinese v spice pulverization in addition to went amongst it. I added some garlic in addition to fresh ginger for extra punch. The result: a sweet-and-sour ketchup that reminds me oddly of a grown up, fresh, homemade version of my hush-hush childhood love, McDonald's Sweet 'N Sour Sauce. I know that mightiness live on offputting to some, but trust me, it is fantastic! Now I only bespeak some nuggets.

An aside: I know some canners are purists in addition to eschew things similar the Ball Jam in addition to Jelly Maker in addition to desire to brand everything the same means people bring been making jam for thousands of years etc but I am non i of them. I similar canning because I similar having my ain homemade jams, jellies, ketchups, fruit butters, pickles in addition to other preserves on hand; non because I similar spending the hottest days of the yr trapped inwards my tiny kitchen inwards my un-air conditioned menage amongst gallons of boiling H2O going, stirring molten jam over a hot stove. So when I saw this electric H2O bathroom canner, I knew it would live on my acquaint to myself when I finished my latest cookbook. I bring to say, I loved it. It used less water, was only every bit quick every bit the stove piece of work yesteryear (quicker, truly because the H2O boiled inwards a quarter of the fourth dimension every bit my erstwhile canning pots), it tin give the axe live on used amongst whatever canning recipe (and tin give the axe every bit good serve hot beverages, develop soup, steam fruits in addition to vegetables) in addition to best of all, did non estrus upwards my menage at all. It did 8 pints at a fourth dimension which is the same every bit my stove piece of work yesteryear pot in addition to had no occupation doing 3 batches dorsum to back; inwards fact, it was truly quicker than the stove piece of work yesteryear because the H2O returned to boiling thence quickly. Plus if yous are making things on the stove similar this ketchup, yous are no longer taking upwards a burner (or more!) amongst your large canning pot.  I'm a full convert. In fact, I intend I mightiness tin give the axe fifty-fifty to a greater extent than right away because the prospect is thence much less daunting.