Heston Homemade Ketchup

Name: Heston Homemade Ketchup
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: about 2½ cups (600 ml)
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 kg ripe or canned (1000 g) Tomato; 1 chopped (150 g) Onion; 100 ml white wine or cider Vinegar; 75 g Sugar; 10 g Salt; pinch ground cloves (0.5 g) Clove; pinch (0.5 g) Allspice; pinch (0.5 g) Cinnamon

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Heston Blumenthal recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Heston Blumenthal.

Heston Blumenthal's Onion-Clove Tomato Sauce, from the published recipe.

Ratio

Vinegar 100 ml

Ingredients

Tomato — 1 kg ripe or canned (1000 g)
Onion — 1 chopped (150 g)
Vinegar — 100 ml white wine or cider
Sugar — 75 g
Salt — 10 g
Clove — pinch ground cloves (0.5 g)
Allspice — pinch (0.5 g)
Cinnamon — pinch (0.5 g)

Method

Pour to the lines in order (bottom → top): Vinegar.
Add: Tomato, Onion, Sugar, Salt, Clove, Allspice.
Cap the jar and shake until combined.
Pour into a cold pan and bring to a gentle simmer. The jar stays off the stove — cool leftovers to warm-to-touch before they go back in the glass.

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Provenance

British modernist chef of Michelin three-star The Fat Duck in Bray. Known for multi-sensory tasting menus and published work on flavor science.

Adapted from a Heston Blumenthal recipe (Heston Blumenthal / Fat Duck Forever reprints).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

Yes — with one pan. Its liquids pour to the printed fill-lines and shake cold; the mix then goes into a pan to simmer. The jar itself never touches heat.

What do the quantities mean?

Amounts follow the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, every sauce scales to the same fill height.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Heston Blumenthal / Fat Duck Forever reprints (published as “Heston Homemade Ketchup”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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