Grandma Helens Ketchup Food

GRANDMA'S HOMEMADE KETCHUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, add the oil, onions, apples, and peaches, sauteing until translucent, about 5 minutes.
• Add the tomatoes, garlic, brown sugar, cinnamon stick, cloves, chile flakes, vinegar, and hot sauce. Season the sauce with salt and pepper and lower the heat. Cook for about 1 hour, until reduced by half.
• Serve with the Vegetarian Shepherd's Pie.
• Will last in the refrigerator for 1 week.

GRANDMA'S HOMEMADE KETCHUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, add the oil, onions, apples, and peaches, sauteing until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the tomatoes, garlic, brown sugar, cinnamon stick, cloves, chile flakes, vinegar, and hot sauce. Season the sauce with salt and pepper and lower the heat. Cook for about 1 hour, until reduced by half. Serve with the Vegetarian Shepherd's Pie, recipe follows. Will last in the refrigerator for 1 week.
• For the Vegetarian Shepherd's Pie, start with the spaghetti squash: Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F. First, cut the spaghetti squash in half and remove the seeds. Place the squash on a baking sheet and bake for 1 1/2 hours. As an alternative, place on a plate and cook in the microwave on high power for about 20 minutes.
• Roasted Garlic: Put the garlic head on a baking tray. Drizzle with 1 teaspoon olive oil. Season with salt and pepper and put in the oven for 30 minutes or until the garlic is very tender.
• Breadcrumbs: In a bowl, mix the breadcrumbs with the milk. Let stand for 5 minutes until all the liquid has been absorbed. Mix in the pine nuts, the eggs, basil, thyme, and parsley. Put aside.
• Mashed Potatoes: Mash the potatoes with the butter, goat cheese, cooked garlic puree and cream to make them nice and smooth. Season the potatoes with salt and pepper.
• Remove the spaghetti squash flesh with a fork and put it in a bowl. Season with salt and pepper and put aside.
• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
• Vegetables: Heat the remaining oil in a large pan and saute the onions, carrots and celery over medium heat until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and mushrooms and continue cooking until brown, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat. Add the cooked lentils and the reserved bread crumb mixture. Stir and put aside.
• In an 8 by 11-inch/20 by 28-cm baking dish, spoon the vegetable mixture onto the bottom. Layer with the spaghetti squash, then the mashed potatoes and smooth them down. Cook in the oven for 30 minutes or so, until the top is slightly browned. Garnish with fried shallots, to taste.

GRANDMA'S GOULASH

Steps:

• In a large pan, season beef with garlic powder, salt and pepper and cook until browned.
• Place in a large pot, adding water until meat is covered.
• Add ketchup, paprika and onion, stirring until ketchup is dissolved.
• Bring to a boil, then lower heat and cover.
• Simmer for 45 minutes-1 hour, until meat is tender.
• Remove meat from pot.
• Add carrots to sauce, which should be thickening up a little and simmer, covered for 15 minutes.
• Add potatoes and simmer for another 30-45 minutes until veggies are tender. (Can add more water if running low, but will need to add a bit more ketchup also.).
• If needed, make a roux with cornstarch and water and thicken the sauce to your liking.
• Add meat back to pot and heat through.
• Enjoy!

GRANDMA HELEN'S LIVER DUMPLING SOUP

Steps:

• 1. Grind the beef liver and take out all of the veins. Put ground liver in a bowl and add finely cut up onion which was sautéed in the butter just until translucent. Add garlic, salt, pepper, eggs and enough cracker crumbs to form a medium dough. Drop by teaspoon full into rapidly boiling soup broth.
• 2. This soup is prepared like a noodle soup only the liver dumplings are used in place of the noodles. Do not overcook! A true dumpling is never the same shape or size! The Bohemian term for dumplings is "Knedliky". Pronounced ka-ned-lick-ee.

GRANDMA'S KETCHUP CHICKEN

Steps:

• Wilt onion in 1/2 cup of water and add the oil.
• Season the chicken parts with the ketchup, paprika and garlic.
• Put the chicken and the onions, with the water in a baking dish and bake at 350 degrees F. for 1 hour or until done.

GRANDMA BESSIE'S BEEF STEW

Steps:

• If it is cool or cold weather, it is best to put this in the oven (or a crock pot) and let cook for a while.
• Take a large pot (I use a dutch oven) on med high heat and add whole bottle of ketchup.
• Fill empty bottle with water and rinse out bottle with it, Pour this water in pot with ketchup.
• Add carrots, celery, potatoes, garlic and onion.
• When all of this has been cooking for a 1/2 hour or so, coat meat with flour and brown in large pan with a little oil.
• Cover with a lid and let this simmer for a few minutes.
• Meat will be soooooo tender.
• add meat mixture (oil, drippings and all) to the veggies.
• Mix well.
• Add the salt and pepper.
• Let this cook until it is thick and the veggies are tender.
• The"secret" is the ketchup.
• The stew doesn't taste a thing like ketchup though.

GRANDMA HELEN'S KETCHUP

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients into large kettle. Bring to boil over medium heat. Reduce heat to a slow simmer. Cook until well done (several hours).
• Press through sieve (discarding solids).
• Simmer remaining mixture over low heat until thickened to desired consistency. Bottle and refrigerate.