Walnut Ketchup
Ingredients
- 24 green walnuts
- 3/4 cup (175 ml) salt
- 5 cup (1 1/4 liter) water
- 2 quarts (2 liters) vinegar
- 2 teaspoon (10 ml) ground cloves
- 2 teaspoon (10 ml) ground mace
- 12 garlic cloves
Instructions
Put the walnuts and salt into the water and leave them for nine days. Remove the walnuts from the brine and pound them in a mortar. Combine the walnuts and vinegar and leave them for a week, stirring every day. Strain the mixture through a muslin bag, squeezing to extract all the liquor. To this add the cloves, mace and garlic; boil for 15 to 20 minutes, strain and then bottle it. Cover and process. Makes about 3 pints (1 1/2 liters).