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Walntjt Ketchup

A condiment made from walnuts and coarse sea salt.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Walntjt Ketchup

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Beat the walnuts very finely in a marble mortar.

  2. Add the salt and mix well.

  3. Put the mixture into a clean container.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Walnuts
Provide the main body and rich, slightly bitter flavour of the ketchup.
Coarse sea salt
Seasons the walnuts and helps preserve the mixture.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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