Not just tomatoes: how to make delicious zucchini ketchup for the winter

To make delicious homemade ketchup for the winter, you don't even need tomatoes. You can use one much cheaper seasonal vegetable, and it will be much easier.

The idea of making zucchini ketchup for the winter was published on the Instagram page of food blogger Yulia with the nickname gotyemo sami. It is very important to add enough spices for better flavor.

Ingredients:

• zucchini - 1.5 kg.

• onions - 500 g
• tomato paste - 450 g
• sugar - 2 cups
• salt - 2 tbsp
• ground paprika - 1 tsp.
• vinegar - 1 glass 9%
• cloves - 3 buds

Method of preparation:

1. Grind the zucchini and onion in a meat grinder or finely dice them.

2. Add salt and sugar to the zucchini mixture and cook for 30 minutes after boiling, stirring occasionally.

3. After 30 minutes of cooking, add vinegar, tomato paste, paprika and cloves.

4. Cook for another 10 minutes.

5. Beat everything with a blender until smooth.

6. Put into sterile jars and tighten the lids.

7. This amount of ingredients makes 4 and a half 0.5 liter jars.