Surprise a loved one, or indeed yourself, by making some lovely home-made chips and ketchup instead of frozen chips! It only takes about 5 or ten minutes to prepare.
Chips
Chop up some potatoes length-ways, or however you would like you chips to look. Spread them evenly on a baking tray and not on top of each other. Coat them with oil and any seasoning you like (we're getting into wedge territory here, but I suggest some chopped garlic). Place them in a pre-heated oven for about 30 minutes, give or take, depending on how thick you cut the chips. Give them a shuffle around halfway through. While they're cooking, let's make some ketchup!
Ketchup
Most ketchups are unnecessarily loaded with salt, but if you leave it out you can have as much ketchup as you like without worrying about your ticker! So, put a good scoop of tomato puree in a dish, depending on how much ketchup you want to make. To this I add;
crushed garlic (or garlic powder)
crushed onion (or onion powder)
malt vinegar
cider vinegar
black pepper
unrefined sugar dissolved in warm water (or syrup/ honey)
and the secret ingredient - paprika!
The quantity is up to you, start small and taste as you go along to see which ingredients you want more of. Easy on the vinegar, as it's quite strong. Paprika really sets it off, though, so plenty of that. Add the sugar mixture to sweeten and thin out the ketchup as you desire. And there you go! Serve that with your chips and impress your guests, or yourself.
- Dara
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