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
Success! Finally a home made sauce that the kids will eat without compaint. Thanks Bec!!
Made this today.. Omg! Amazing! The whole family AND all my BBQ guests loved it and it made HEAPS!
Will now use this as my go-to sauce 🙂
I have made this a few times now. It is easy and yummy.
This sauce is sensational! I couldn’t quite peel all the skin off the capsicum, but it made no difference to the end result..sooo tasty. I was concerned that it didn’t smell too appetising while cooking, but it all came out fantastic in the end. I won’t be buying commercial tomato sauce again. Thanks so much for this awesome recipe 🙂
Hi Bec great taste just one question , I used glass jars and sterilize them didn’t do water bath as read on internet to turn jars upside down with sealed sauce , I used preserving jars and they have sealed fine would you think this last the same?
Water bathing is the safest way to preserve long term. Turning jars upside down to cool can create a false seal, I’d imagine they will be fine stored in the fridge.
yep, winner here bec. Best so far. Thank you for recipe
10/10 absolutely love the taste and you would think it’s store bought! Only this is even better! Bec you’re amazing to create something like this. Thankyou yah no more store bought sauce for me! 🙂
I will admit I was a bit sceptical after my previous attempt at making a tomato sauce which everyone raved about but turned out terrible (not this recipe obviously) but this is absolutely sensational! Used home grown tomatoes from my neighbour and I tell you I am not buying store bought sauce again. This is magnificent. Hats off to you Bec 😀
I now have a beautiful 700g passata jar full of this rich ketchup! I usually end up with orange sauce. This started as rich red tomatoes and ended up as rich deep red sauce. Not the same red as the shop bought, but deeper and more like the tomatoes. Next to trick the family in to eating it…If they don’t, I will!
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