Fish Sauce Free Cultured Ketchup

It's Cultured Mondays again!  I've been enjoying my cultured ginger and cultured citrus in my smoothies this past week...even my toddler is enjoying his daily servings of cultured foods!  Today I have a tasty ketchup recipe for you to try.  My son LOVES ketchup on almost everything, so I was determined to come up with a healthy cultured version of ketchup.

I have to admit I have put off making cultured ketchup because the only recipe I had seen was once from Nourishing Traditions can called for fish sauce and that just never appealed to me.  I started looking around a bit more last week and saw other versions and came up with my own take on cultured ketchup. I hope you enjoy it!  It tastes very much like regular ketchup with a bit of a fizz to it from the culturing process.

Cultured Ketchup:

*4 cups or five 7 oz jars of organic tomato paste (Bionaturae carries a brand of organic tomato paste in glass jars)
*1/4 cup raw honey
*1/4 cup organic maple syrup
*2 Tbsp salt
*2 tsp allspice
*1 tsp anise
*1/2 cup whey plus 2-3 Tbsp for topping jar

You will need a large 6 cup canning jar or two quart sized canning jars.  In a clean bowl, mix together the tomato paste, honey, maple syrup, salt, allspice, and anise.  Then add 1/2 cup of whey and stir 30 seconds to completely incorporate.  Pour ketchup mixture into your jar(s) and top off with remaining 2-3 Tbsp of whey.  Screw on jar lid loosely.  Allow to sit at room temperature in a clean dark place (like a kitchen cabinet) for 3 days, then place in refrigerator.  

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