This Thermomix tomato ketchup, or tomato sauce, has the perfect flavour profile that even the fussiest of eaters will approve of! Back when I ditched store-bought sauce I tried a few recipes and some of them were good, but it was all very much hit and miss with my kids.
So I decided I needed to create a child approved Thermomix tomato ketchup. The results spoke for themselves, with my kids licking the sauce off everything I put it on then asking for more.
I shared the recipe here and it went viral. It is still one of the most viewed recipes on my site today.
Over the years I’ve been making this tomato ketchup, I’ve sometimes added different sweetener, or a different spice here or there. It always works out great, so the recipe has been updated to include a couple of subs for the times when you have almost everything needed!
What makes this the best Thermomix Tomato Ketchup?
There are a few reasons I think this sauce is time and time again requested by my kids and time and time again made by me!
– Roasting the tomatoes really brings out their flavour and adds so much to this sauce. It’s ok to do this step in advance too – throw your tray of tomatoes in while the oven is on for something else, then once cold you can keep them in the fridge in an airtight container for up to two days before turning in to sauce.
– It’s sweet, without being ridiculous. I’ve listed the two best sweetener options – I used to always make it with honey but nowadays it’s more often than not coconut sugar. Both are excellent, so use whichever you prefer.
– The flavour the spices add is very subtle. Some may be tempted to leave them out, but trust me on this, they are not at all overpowering (or my kids would turn their noses up!)
– It doesn’t contain the additives store bought tomato sauce does.
– It’s very very easy.
Here’s how easy it is
Place tomatoes, capsicum, onion and garlic on a tray, then roast.
Add peeled roasted vegetables to mixer bowl, along with apple cider vinegar, tomato paste, sugar (or honey), salt, allspice, paprika, mustard and cloves.
Cook for 30 minutes at 100 degrees, then a further 20 minutes at steaming temperature. See below for the full recipe.
I would very much love for you to leave me a comment underneath the recipe if you give it a try!
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Thermomix Tomato Ketchup – Child Approved
Ingredients
- 1.5 kg tomatoes best results with vine-ripened or Roma, or a combination
- 1 red capsicum
- 1 medium onion
- 2 garlic cloves 10g
- 100 g apple cider vinegar
- 80 g tomato paste
- 80 g coconut sugar or honey
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp allspice
- 1 tsp mild paprika
- 0.5 tsp mustard powder or 2 tsp Dijon mustard
- pinch of ground cloves
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200°C. Lightly oil a large tray or baking dish, or line with baking paper.
- Remove the hard outer top piece of the core from all tomatoes. Cut around the top green stem of the capsicum then remove core, ensuring you remove all seeds.
- Place tomatoes, capsicum, onion and garlic on tray – no need to cut anything up or peel the onion or garlic. Roast 25-30 minutes, until tomato skins are splitting and capsicum is going black in some places. Leave to cool then roughly peel everything – it doesn't matter if some peel remains. Do not discard any water that has come out of the tomatoes onto the tray.
- Into mixer bowl place roast veggies (and any liquid on the roasting tray), vinegar, tomato paste, sugar, salt and spices. Cook 30 minutes/100/speed 2/MC on.
- Cook a further 20 minutes/steaming temperature/speed 2/MC on.
- Blend 1 minute/speed 8/MC on, ensuring you turn the speed dial up slowly to get to speed.
- Pour into sterilised jars or bottles. Water bathe for maximum shelf life.
Notes
Nutrition
Please note, nutrition information is calculated via an online recipe nutrition calculator and is a guide only. It is provided as a courtesy and is not guaranteed 100% accurate. I am not a nutritionist or trained health professional.
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Hi, I'm Bec
I specialise in great tasting vegetarian Thermomix recipes and cater for a wide range of dietary needs. I love sharing here and in my cookbooks my healthy, delicious recipes (of course the odd treat too!) Whether you’re looking to ignite your thermo mojo, or just after some new, really tasty family friendly recipes, there really is something here for everyone
Thanks for this recipe, I’m very keen to try it out. Would I need to adjust the amount of ACV if I’m using Braggs brand, which is double strength? Thanks!
I would imagine if using double strength you’ll need to halve the amount. Do that first and add a bit more if needed after taste testing x
I have made tis the last 4 months running, one batch a month and put it into bottles in the fridge at first the children were errr no mum then they got used to it, now the whole family loves it and they don’t like heinz when we go out!
I have 900g of cherry tomatoes. Can i use those for the sauce?
Yes just add the remaining weight in Roma/vine ripened, cherry toms are fine in this – don’t bother peeling them 🙂
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Absolutely amazing !!!!!
Awesome recipe thank you! Loved by all the family. I used a variety of home grown tomatoes, roasted in oven, left skin on and blitzed a bit longer. Great colour, texture and consistency too.
woohoo…. Finally got my kiddos to eat non commercial ketchup and my hubby too. None of them had a clue !!!! Made one batch so just put it in an old sauce container that is opaque so you can’t see the colour is a little different and they were none the wiser when they squeezed it out. YAY- Thank you
Would I be able to use an old sauce container (store brought sauce container) worried it would melt when doing the waterbath it boiling? Maybe do it in the glass jars then transfer to the sauce container? Sorry for my silly questions a new adventure for me trying to make my own sauces etc
Also once in the fridge how long roughly would it last for? Thank you
Hi Kelly! No questions are silly 🙂 You can’t water bath plastic bottles I’m afraid. You can water bath it in jars and transfer to the sauce bottle one jar at a time, or just make the sauce and pour it into the used sauce bottles and store in the fridge. Personally I only water bath if making more than one batch at a time, I generally just make one batch at a time and just put the jars straight into the fridge.
Loved this, a question I use the mason jars with the red and white lids, I did the water bath thing as you noted on an earlier post. How do you know for sure they have sealed properly ? don’t want us to get ill I have a two year old and have two small jars in the pantry other in the fridge one to the in laws and used in the skinnymixer smoky sauce as suggested. Can you please give me some peace I am doing it right – I sterilised before too, poured in hot, sealed and then… Read more »
It sounds like you’ve done very well, I wouldn’t be worried at all if I were you. Push the lids and you shouldn’t notice it go down at all, or wait to hear the popping sound (not all brands of lids pop, though).
Love love love this recipe, my go to one for tomato sauce. Winner with the kiddies too!