Hi there ;>
A friend of mine has 5 gallons of green tomatoes and he’s looking to use them up somehow- in recipes that can be preserved or canned for some time to come. Some ideas he gave me included a green tomato relish and/or salsa? Anything goes, as long as it’s good! :>
I’m new to canning, so please mention if you use a certain type of method for canning, and I can look up how to do that, if need be. Thanks!
Thanks, Irina C, but what I’m really looking for are recipes for *green* tomatoes. Thanks :>
Get yourself a pressure cooker/canner. That is THE ONLY FDA APPROVED WAY of safely doing home canning. The old fashioned hot water bath and others methods does not reach the temperature to safely kill the Botulium spores that can cause a case of fatal Botulism. The hot water bath only has a max temperature of 212 degrees F while the pressure canning method goes up to 240 degrees F. Pressure cooker/canners are relatively inexpensive and you will wonder why you never had one in your kitchen it is so fast and safe too. It saves about 80% of conventional cooking times. Make sure you get a stainless steel cooker. They are better than aluminum.
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my mom made green tomato relish for years, it was very good she mixed cauliflower in too, sorry I don’t remember the recipe, it was a lot of work but very good the family loved it, she called it chow chow.
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green chili sauce, green tomatoe chutney – just an idea – I can using boil process because I don’t have a pressure canner. Bernardin’s guide to home preserving is a great book with recipes and explanations on the how to preserve and why.
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Get yourself a pressure cooker/canner. That is THE ONLY FDA APPROVED WAY of safely doing home canning. The old fashioned hot water bath and others methods does not reach the temperature to safely kill the Botulium spores that can cause a case of fatal Botulism. The hot water bath only has a max temperature of 212 degrees F while the pressure canning method goes up to 240 degrees F. Pressure cooker/canners are relatively inexpensive and you will wonder why you never had one in your kitchen it is so fast and safe too. It saves about 80% of conventional cooking times. Make sure you get a stainless steel cooker. They are better than aluminum.
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green tomato salsa -
take about 20 tomatos and peel chop in small chunks put in large pot cook till it boils 5 mins. after boiling point
in the mean time sterlize 5quart jars a pint per pot of tomatos
chop 10 jalephenos into small pieces add to pot
1large onion diced,add to pot
6 tomitillos into pot with tomatos don’t chop up put in whole
when is tomatoes are done can immediatly while hot be sure to wipe any moisture around lid area or it might not sealand add a teaspoon of salt or garlic salt at the of each jar before adding tomato mixture.
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would you like to ripen them ? wrap them in newspapers for a few days in a cool place check the tomatoes to see which are ripening first
fried green tomatoes
chutney is good too
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I would do some of each salsa, relish, pickled, and canned. Check out foodtv.com or foodnetwork.com They have recipes, methods, and instructions on there for just about everything you can think of. Don’t forget to make fried green tomatoes with some of them.
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