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.
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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
Great recipe….made my second batch this morning. I decided to leave the skins on, glad I did the flavour was enhanced and children preferred this batch. Super easy and I have canned 4 jars in the pantry and a full bottle in the fridge!!! Thanks thermobexta 🙂
I stuffed up and accidentally put honey in with first step in machine instead of waiting until second cook time does that matter to much?
Not at all, it will be fine
Just made another batch of this sauce but left the onion out as I cannot eat it for fodmap reasons and used truss as they were on sale this week. Sauce was delicious, dare I say even more than the last time I made it. Made heaps. Filled the largest moccona jar and a bit left over.
Delicious!
Great recipe, thank you. My kids love it!
Just made the tomato sauce God damn good!!
Can I freeze the tomato sauce?
So excited to have a tasty alternative to the shop bought rubbish, personally I don’t really eat tomato sauce but this tastes great. My little boy ecstatic as I don’t allow him to eat commercially available tomato sauce.
Cheers
I have never frozen this sauce myself but have seen that others do. Personally, I would put it in smallish preserving jars then do the water bath and keep them in the pantry. Open them one at a time as needed and store in the fridge after opening.
Oh and I’m so glad you guys like it 🙂
It took me a few weeks to finally get around to making this sauce, but wow so glad I finally did. Even though I put the honey in a step early, it was still AMAZING! Thanks Thermobexta!
Awesome sauce! I was nervous my kids wouldn’t take to this like the store bought stuff, but no longer! Took me a while, as I had to make your tomato paste, and then the ketchup. Both worked brilliantly, and taste amazing!
I also did a substitution of Rice Malt Syrup instead of honey, to reduce the fructose, I don’t think it hurt at all.
When I read the reviews, I wasn’t 100% sold my family wouldn’t know the difference, but since making it… Wow!! The best tomato sauce recipe I’ve found yet!!!
Mine looks a bit runny as I used tinned tomatoes 🙁 as it was all I had, what could I use to thicken the sauce a little without altering the flavour?
So sorry for the delay. Has your sauce thickened on cooling? If not, pour it back in and cook it longer, until it thickens to your liking, bearing in mind that it will thicken further as it cools.
Love this tomato sauce! I haven’t sterilized jars before and was wondering if you had a link to the best way to sterilize jars?
Also i made this earlier today and had to run out so it has been sitting in my thermomix on the bench all afternoon. Should I boil it again before putting it in jars?
I tend to just fill the jars and lids with boiling kettle water (preheat the jars so they don’t crack when you pour in the water, by running hot tap water into them). I then pour it out just before filling. I would recommend heating to 100 again before jarring, yes.