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Spicy sauce of tomatoes and plums with garlic for winter

Spicy Tomato-Plum Sauce with Garlic for Winter

A delicious homemade winter sauce made from tomatoes and plums. With its sweet-and-sour flavor, a punchy hit of garlic, and the heat of hot pepper, this sauce is sure to please you and your guests. Pairing fruit with vegetables might sound unusual at first, but it comes together in perfect harmony.

Natalia Vasilenko

Recipe author

Spicy sauce of tomatoes and plums with garlic for winter

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Tomatoes

Plums

Salt

Sugar

Vinegar (Use 9% vinegar.)

Garlic

Hot chili pepper

Allspice

Cloves

Italian herbs

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 10 % 1 g

Fats 0 % 0 g

Carbohydrates 90 % 9 g

44 kcal

GI: 67 / 0 / 33

Cooking method

Step 1:

Gather all the ingredients for the sauce. Wash the tomatoes; wash the plums and pit them.
Step 2:

Run the tomatoes and plums through a meat grinder. Transfer the ground tomatoes and plums to a heavy-bottomed pot, set it over the heat, add the salt and sugar, and simmer for 20 minutes once it comes to a boil. Meanwhile, prep the rest: grate the garlic on a fine grater or press it, and seed and devein the hot pepper before cutting it into small strips.
Step 3:

Add the garlic, hot pepper, Italian herbs, cloves, and allspice to the simmered plums and tomatoes, and cook everything together for another 10 minutes. Take the sauce off the heat, cover it, and let it steep for 2 hours so all the spices can release their aroma into the sauce. For a silkier, more uniform consistency, press the cooled sauce through a sieve. Return the strained sauce to the stove and boil it for 1 hour, adding the vinegar 3 minutes before the end.
Step 4:

Pour the finished sauce, still hot, into clean sterilized jars and seal them right away. Turn the jars upside down and wrap them until fully cooled. This amount of ingredients yields about 3 liters of delicious, wholesome, all-natural sauce — no artificial dyes or unnecessary additives. It keeps beautifully in a home pantry.
Step 5:

Your tomato-plum sauce for winter is ready! Enjoy!

I love this sauce, and I've been putting up a batch every year ever since I first learned the recipe. It turns out thick and flavorful, and it's wonderful with meat and fish dishes, pasta, fluffy rice, or mashed potatoes. It's also good for you and free of any harmful additives — after all, you make it yourself, so you know exactly what goes in and what you'll end up with. I hope you enjoy this easy recipe and give it a try.