Winter Came Early - A Green Tomato Blog

It snowed here in our little burg today - that means that summer is over and winter has officially begun!  Since I was not able to upgrade the solar system to run the tiny fireplace in the greenhouse, that means that I have lots of green tomatoes that were not able to ripen before the snows and cold came.

So - what do you do with green tomatoes?  I know everyone has heard of fried green tomatoes and we probably all have a recipe for them, but what about the ones that arent that big, or dont lend themselvs to frying?  How about some green tomato relish?  I made it over the weekend and it is yummy!

Start with your green tomatoes (I used more than this but forgot to take a picture of the whole pile), do a fine dice on them until you have about 2 cups.  Place them in a stock pot and

dice finely 1/4 white onion and 1 medium red pepper (I used a small tabasco for some heat)

Add 1/2 C, Cider vinegar and 1/2 C. brown sugar, 1 Tbsp mustard seed, 1 Tbsp coarase salt ( I used a Spanish Sea Salt), and 1 tsp black pepper.

Cook over medium heat and simmer until almost all of the moisture is gone.   It may seem like it is gelling a little and that is ok.  You can certainly make more if you have enough tomatoes - doouble or triple the recipe works fine!

Place in small jars and water bath can for 10 minutes or if you will be using it immediately store in the fridge for up to two weeks.  Enjoy!