Mushroom Ketchup

[wullybaxter]

A friend was talking last night about his grans homemade mushroom ketchup, she is no longer with us and nobody knows her recipe. can anyone help with a recipe as I would like to try making a batch. thanks in anticipation

[Buenchico]

See towards the bottom of this page:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/nov/24/nigel-slater-ketchup-recipes

or here's how it was made just after WWII:
http://www.gourmet.com/recipes/1940s/1948/09/mushroom-ketchup-quick-method

Alternatives:
http://homecooking.about.com/od/condimentrecipes/r/blcon81.htm
or
http://www.allotment.org.uk/recipe/239/mushroom-ketchup-recipe/

[gingejbee]

...or, buy a bottle in Waitrose. But it won't be granny's recipe!

[Epona]

I have a mrs Beeton's recipe from a genuine 1900's cookbook, but it starts 'Procure 4 quarts of mushrooms' which I equate to be about 6 kilos. Its basically a right faff on and I would tend to agree with gingejbee

[legal girl]

What on earth is mushroom ketchup? Surely it's just mushroom sauce? Does anyone actually like it? I like mushrooms but mushroom ketchup sounds grim!

[society]

If we all liked the same things how boring life would be...

[gingejbee]

@legal girl: it's actually a cooking ingredient that gives a more intense mushroom flavour to cooked dishes. Think mushroom-flavour Worcester sauce.
I think the name "ketchup" is rather misleading.

[DTCwordfan]

it's something that adds this new flavour, 'umami,' as mushrooms are reckoned to be rich in it (as is tommieketch)..........

[gingejbee]

DT: I have a tube of umami paste, too. Isn't Waitrose wonderful?

[DTCwordfan]

Our nearest is Saltash or Okehampton - waiting for them to open in Truro - it's been promised.....a truffle adds the same oomph taste wise, but for the special dinner!

[legal girl]

Thanks gingejbee that makes more sense now!