Piquillo Pepper Ketchup
"This recipe is adapted from Hubert Keller's Burger Bar cookbook. I never had a piquillo pepper before. They taste like an Italian roasted red pepper, but with more tang. I like the idea of making homemade ketchup so I can control the amount of sugar and salt used in the recipe. I topped a homemade veggie burger with the finished product."
photo by queenbeatrice
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
-
1 cup
ingredients
- 14.79 ml olive oil
- 59.14 ml yellow onion, finely chopped
- 226.79 g plum tomato, peeled, seeded and chopped
- 170.09 g piquillo peppers, jarred, chopped
- 29.57 ml white wine vinegar
- 4.92 ml honey
- 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
- 2.46 ml fresh thyme, chopped
- kosher salt & freshly ground black pepper
directions
- In a saucepan, heat 1/2 tablespoon of the olive oil over medium heat. Add onion and cook until soft, about 5 minutes.
- Add the tomatoes, peppers, vinegar, honey, garlic, thyme and salt and pepper to taste.
- Simmer, uncovered until very thick, about 15 minutes, stirring frequently.
- In a food processor, puree until smooth and adjust seasoning as needed.
- Transfer to a container and stir in the remaining ½ tablespoon olive oil.
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Reviews
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Made for PAC 2010. Very tasty ketchup. I couldn't find piquillo peppers so I used roasted red peppers. Will make again. Thanks for sharing.
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