Crisp Green Tomato Pickles 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 CRISP PICKLES

Steps:

• 1 Stir lime into water, letting any lime that does not dissolve settle to the bottom. Wash, dry, and slice tomatoes into a large crock, glass or food grade plastic container. Do not use aluminum containers. Cover with lime water. Soak for 24 hours at room temperature.
• 2 Discard lime water. Rinse sliced tomatoes thoroughly in several rinses of cool fresh water. Drain.
• 3 Mix together sugar and vinegar. Pour over tomatoes. Soak for 12 hours at room temperature.
• 4 Prepare jars and lids according to manufactureru2019s instructions for sterilized jars. Keep jars hot.
• 5 Pour tomatoes and brine into a large saucepan. Tie up pickling spices, cinnamon, and salt in a cloth bag. Add to saucepan. Bring to boil and cook for 30 minutes.
• 6 Pack tomato slices loosely into clean, hot jars. Remove spice bag and pour hot liquid over tomato slices leaving 1 u20442 -inch headspace. Remove air bubbles and wipe rims. Adjust lids and process for 10 minutes, using boiling water bath method.
• 7 Remove canner from heat, remove lid and let jars sit 5 minutes in canner. Remove jars from canner, set on a clean towel or rack to cool 12-24 hours.
• 8 When cool, check seals. Lids should be down in the center or stay down when pressed.
• 9 Remove rims, label, date and store in a cool, dark, dry place. Unsealed jars should be refrigerated and used within 3 weeks.

GREEN TOMATO PICKLES

Steps:

• Slice tomatoes into an earthenware dish, sprinkle each layer with salt, and leave overnight.
• In the morning, boil the vinegar and spices, then strain.
• Slice the onions and add to the vinegar, drain liquid off tomatoes, and add to the other ingredients along with the raisins.
• Simmer until tender, bottle when cold.

GREEN TOMATO PICKLES

Steps:

• Put tomatoes, red bell peppers, onions and jalapenos in a large bowl.
• Sprinkle salt over vegetables and let set overnight; drain well.
• Bring to a boil the sugar, mustard seed and vinegar.
• Add vegetables to boiling liquid; cook until vegetables change color.
• Put into jars and seal.

SWEET GREEN TOMATO PICKLES (MADE WITH PICKLING LIME)

Steps:

• Prepare the tomatoes: if the tomatoes are less than 3 inches in diameter, cut them into 1/4 inch slices. If they are greater than 3 inches in diameter, cut them in 1/4 inch slices, and then cut the slices into quarters so you will be able to fit them in the jars.
• In a large bowl, combine the 3/4 cup of pickling lime with 3 quarts of cold water, stirring well to combine. Add the tomatoes, cover the bowl, and let it sit on the counter for 8 hours or overnight.
• The next day, drain the tomatoes, cover again with cold water, and soak for one hour. Do this two more times, draining and covering with fresh cold water each time, until you have soaked the tomatoes in fresh water a total of three times, for an hour each time. This step is important; it removes all of the lime so the tomatoes will be acid enough to can safely. DO NOT SKIP ANY OF THE SOAKING STEPS. Drain the tomatoes and set aside.
• Using a quadruple layer of cheesecloth, make a spice bag and tie the celery seeds, cloves, allspice, mustard seeds, and cinnamon up in it.
• In a large pan or stock pot (at least 6 quarts), combine the vinegar, sugar, salt, spice bag, and diced ginger. Bring to a boil, then add the drained tomatoes. Return to a boil, then simmer over medium heat for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally and pressing down on the tomatoes to keep them submerged in the brine.
• Stack the tomatoes in wide-mouth pint sized canning jars, placing a slice or two of onion between some of the layers in each jar. Place about a half teaspoon of the ginger pieces in each jar, discarding the remaining ginger, but reserving the syrup.
• Leave 1" headspace in each jar between the tomato slices and the top of the jar, and cover the tomato slices with the hot syrup, leaving 1/2" of headspace. Use a chopstick or other thin, non-metal utensil to run around the sides of the jar to make sure there are no air bubbles left in the jar. Wipe the rims of the jars with damp paper towels to remove any syrup which got on the rims or the threads. Place the lids and the bands on the jars, just tightening the bands fingertip tight.
• Process in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes, then remove and let sit, undisturbed, for at least 12 hours before checking seals. It is important to let them sit undisturbed for 12 hours because the sealing compound on the lids is still cooling and hardening, completing the seal. While the jars cool, you will hear a "plink" type sound from each jar - this is the jars completing the vacuum seal as the final air escapes the jar. After 12 hours have passed, remove the bands and check the lids - press down in the center of the lid. If you cannot push the lid down any further, the jar is sealed. If the lid "gives" a bit, and you can push it down, the jar did not seal. You can either put the band back on the jar, and reprocess it for another 10 minutes, or you can just put it in the fridge and use it within 3 months.

(MY FAVOURITE) GREEN TOMATO PICKLES

Steps:

• Slice tomatoes and onions very thin. Layer them in a large bowl (I use a really clean small plastic pail), sprinkling salt between the layers. Let stand overnight.
• In the morning, drain in a colander, letting cold water run through the vegetables for a few minutes, then drain well again.
• Into a large saucepan (I use a roaster) measure sugar and vinegar.
• Tie all spices loosely in a cheesecloth and add to vinegar mixture. Bring to a boil and add tomatoes, onions and lemon (lemon should be very, very thinly sliced).
• Remove stem and seed cores from peppers, slice thinly and add to mixture.
• Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for 30 minutes (or to desired consistency), stirring occasionally to prevent sticking; remove spice bag.
• Pack pickles in sterilized jars and seal.
• Enjoy.

GREEN-TOMATO PICKLES

Steps:

• Toss tomatoes and onion with the salt in a colander set over a bowl. Refrigerate 3 hours. Rinse well, and drain.
• Stir together vinegar, sugar, peppercorns, coriander seeds, celery seed, turmeric, bay leaf, and lemon slices in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil. Stir in tomatoes and onion. Return to a boil. Remove from heat. Let stand until cool, stirring occasionally. Refrigerate in airtight containers overnight or up to 1 month.

SPICY GREEN TOMATO PICKLES

Steps:

• These directions assume that you have canning experiance and are familar with the general precautions of home canning. If you are not, please do some research before attempting any home canning.
• Quarter green tomatoes into a large bowl, for very small ones I just half them.
• Set up clean sterile Wide Mouth Quart Jars and lids.
• Bring to a boil, 2 parts white vinegar and 1 part water, enough to fill all the jars you are making.
• Place 2 cloves of garlic in each jar.
• Add 2-3 jalapeno peppers to each jar. Any hot pepper will do.
• Stuff jars with quartered green tomatoes.
• Add 1 teaspoon of salt to the top of each jar.
• Pour boiling Vinegar and Water into each jar.
• Wipe the rims of the jars and place prepared lids according to the jar manufactures instructions.
• I turn mine upside down to cool and vacuum lids. No water bath or they will get mushy!
• Allow 1 month for the tomatoes to reach full flavor. I can never wait, but they do get better they longer the sit.