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Autumn·Easy

Hedgerow Ketchup

Try this ketchup with rabbit and apple burgers! Good with eggs, cheese or meat.

Prep: 15 mins
Cook: 40 mins
Rosehip, Hawthorn, Sloe

Ingredients

  • 1kg mixed hedge berries (mainly haws)
  • 500ml cider vinegar
  • 100ml malt vinegar
  • 600ml water
  • 300g sugar
  • salt and pepper

Method

Put 1kg mixed hedge berries (mainly hawthorn haws), 500ml cider vinegar, 100ml malt vinegar and 600ml water in a pan. Simmer 40 mins until colour comes out of berries. Squash through a sieve into a clean pan. Add 300g sugar, bring gently to boil. Add salt and pepper, cook 5 mins. Bottle in sterilised bottles or jars.

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