Homemade Currywurst Sauce

Homemade Currywurst Sauce

Recipes with Currywurst

The sauce built from scratch: tomato paste base, Worcestershire for depth, curry powder in two stages, and enough vinegar to keep it from tasting flat. This is the component that makes or breaks the dish.

Prep Time

10 min

Cook Time

20 min

Servings

4

Difficulty

Easy

Ingredients

  • 3 tbsp tomato paste
  • 150ml passata (sieved tomatoes)
  • 100ml ketchup
  • 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
  • 1 tbsp brown sugar
  • 2 tsp sweet paprika
  • 1 tsp smoked paprika
  • 2 tsp mild curry powder (for cooking)
  • 1 tsp hot curry powder (for the cooking stage)
  • 1 small onion, finely diced
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  • Salt and pepper
  • Extra curry powder, for dusting at serving

Steps

1

Heat vegetable oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the diced onion and cook for 6 to 8 minutes until soft and translucent, not browned.

2

Add the minced garlic and cook for 1 minute until fragrant. Add the tomato paste and stir it into the onion mixture, cooking for 2 minutes to caramelise the paste slightly.

3

Pour in the passata and ketchup. Add Worcestershire sauce, apple cider vinegar, brown sugar, sweet paprika, smoked paprika, mild curry powder, and hot curry powder. Stir to combine.

4

Reduce heat to low and simmer uncovered for 12 to 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. The sauce should thicken to a consistency that coats a spoon. Taste and adjust salt, sugar, or vinegar.

5

For a smooth Imbiss-style sauce, blend with a stick blender until smooth. For a rougher home-cooked version, leave it as is.

6

Serve hot over sliced currywurst. Dust the finished plate with a small pinch of extra curry powder directly over the sauce just before eating.

Tips

The sauce keeps in the fridge for up to a week and improves after a day as the spices develop. Make a double batch and freeze half in a jar. The two-stage curry approach, mild into the sauce and a fresh dusting at service, is not optional if you want the layered effect that makes Imbiss currywurst distinctive.