Tomato and Chili Sauce

This versatile Tomato and Chili sauce can be used as a marinade, baster, condiment for burgers, essentially anything that you would use tomato sauce or ketchup on.

12 chilies
2 onions, quartered
2 large cloves garlic
1 pinch sea salt
2 Tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
2 tsp. chili powder
2 Tbsp. raw sugar
6 plum tomatoes
apple cider vinegar (150 mL)
unpasteurized apple juice (250 mL)

Blitz the chilies, onions and garlic in a food processor.

Add olive oil to a saucepan and add the chili mixture. Add chili powder and sugar. Stir and simmer for 10 minutes.

Add tomatoes to the food processor, blitz and add to saucepan.

Add apple cider vinegar and apple juice. Stir and simmer for 20 minutes.

Season with salt and pepper then liquidize in a blender. Strain into a fine sieve over a bottle or jar with an air seal top.