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Bottled Green Tomatoes

If you ever get to a stage that you end up with so many tomatoes that you can’t possibly eat them all within one season and your neighbours are tired of having tomato salad for breakfast every morning too, then try this recipe out for size.

Ingredients
1-2kgs green tomatoes

200ml vinegar
1 tablespoon of sugar
Chilli, chopped
Thyme

500ml of water

Handful of Salt
Extra virgin olive oil

Clove of garlic

Rosemary leaves

Method Brine Solution

-In a large saucepan, mix 500ml of water with approximately 200ml of vinegar.

-Add a handful of salt and 1 tablespoon of sugar and stir in well.

-Bring to boil then allow to cool.

Bottling your green tomatoes

• Thoroughly wash your green whole tomatoes.

• Prick each tomato several times using a fork. Tomatoes will absorb the brine quickly.

• Fill the sterilized jars with brine half way making sure the tomatoes are submerged in the brine.

• Add a rosemary leaf, thyme or a bit of chilli to the jar for flavour.
• Seal the jar lids tightly and store your bottled green tomatoes in the cupboard for a couple of months.
• After a couple of months the tomatoes will have changed to a yellowish colour. Then tip a quarter of the brine out of the each jar and top it up with extra virgin olive oil, add finely chopped chilli, garlic, rosemary or what ever else to your taste for extra flavour.

Preparing jars
Wash jars thoroughly in soapy water. Then rinse them in hot water. Place jars on a tray and place them in a warm oven on the lowest temperature. Keep the jars in the oven until the jars are thoroughly dry.

It is recommended that you use jars with clip-on lids. Label and date your jars and keep them in a dark pantry.

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