Low Carb Ketchup

Low carb ketchup, a thing of fantasy, imported in bulk from America for £4 a bottle, sometimes involving months of wait before seeing that magic "in stock" email from the internet. But no more! I have made a recipe, that is low carb ketchup with 0.7g of carbs per 10g serving (AMAZING!), it's slightly different to normal ketchup and I can't quite put my finger on what is different. But it is tasty, tasty, tasty and has been tasted by the ketchup connoisseur AKA my other half and deemed "and acceptable substitute.

The recipe makes just over 500g of ketchup which annoyingly is slightly too much to fit into my old ketchup bottle.

Ingredients

A 700g bottle of sainsburys organic passata (or one that is about 4g carbs per 100g)
130ml Apple Cider Vinegar
1/2 tsp onion salt
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
1/2 tsp garlic powder
10g of powdered sucralose (splenda or sainsburys own)
15g sukrin gold.

To be honest you can miss out the sucralose and just use an extra 5g of sukrin gold which would also lower the carbs, but I made this up as I went along so used a combination of the two.

1. Empty ingredients into a saucepan in whatever order takes your fancy.
2. Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat to a simmer.
3. Let the sauce simmer until it has reduced by about a third, stirring frequently to stop it sticking.
4. Pour into a jug/bowl and allow to cool.
5. Once cool determine if it's thick enough, if it isn't reduce a bit more. If it is thick enough pour it into your pre-prepared ketchup bottles!

If you are a bit fussy with sweetness I would recommend adding the sweetener in half teaspoon quantities because there is a very fine line with sucralose between it being just right and far too sweet. 

Nutritional Information (per 10g)

Calories 4 kcal

Fat 0g

Carbohydrate 0.7g

Protein 0.1g

Serving suggestion: Well it's ketchup so dip your meat in it, put it in your grilled cheese sandwich, or eat it with a spoon!