Green Tomato Pickle And Green Tomato Jam Food

GREEN TOMATO PICKLES

Steps:

• In a large ceramic bowl or crock, combine green tomatoes and onions. Sprinkle with salt. Refrigerate overnight.
• Pour cold water over tomatoes and onions, and let stand for 1 hour. Place peppercorns, cloves, allspice berries, mustard seeds, and ground mustard in a small cheesecloth bag.
• Drain tomatoes and onions.
• In a large pot, stir together vinegar and sugar, and then add the tomatoes and onions, the cheesecloth bag with spices, the sliced lemon, and minced red pepper. Bring to a low boil, and then simmer over low heat for 30 minutes. Check frequently; you may need to pull the pot off of the heat occasionally to prevent scorching. Discard spice bag.
• Fill sterilized jars with tomato mixture, leaving 1/2 inch headspace. Garnish with thin strips of red pepper arrange vertically along the sides of the jars. Screw on lids, and process in a boiling water bath for 15 minutes. Remove jars and let jars cool completely. Refrigerate any that haven't sealed completely. Store sealed jars in a cool dark place.

GREEN TOMATO PICKLE AND GREEN TOMATO JAM RECIPES

Steps:

• Chop up the tomatoes into small pieces and put in a colander. Add finely chopped onion. Sprinkle with 1 tsp salt and mix in. Leave to sit while you prepare the other ingredients.
• Pour the vinegar into a saucepan and bring to nearly boiling. Add thegreentomatoes and onion (do not rinse the salt off) to the vinegar and then put all the other ingredients in.
• Simmer for 30 minutes. There should still be a bit of bite to some of the pieces ofgreentomatoand the flavour should be nice and strong.
• Slice tomatoes and ginger.
• Add lemon juice and very little water - just enough to cook the tomatoes.
• Boil for about 30 minutes until soft.
• Add sugar and boil for about ¾ hour or until set.

GREEN TOMATO JAM

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, bring tomatoes and sugar to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 20 minutes. Remove from the heat; stir in gelatin until dissolved. Skim off any foam. , Pour into jars or containers, leaving 1/2-in. headspace. Cool before covering with lids. Refrigerate up to 3 weeks.