Green Tomato Relish
This fresh green tomato relish is the perfect condiment for your BBQ meats! It's great for enjoying throughout the year with this canning method - and it has a delicious sweet and tangy flavor that's full of festive spices like clove, cinnamon, and turmeric.
Ingredients
- 7 ½ pounds green tomatoes thinly sliced
- 5 green bell peppers quartered, seeded, and sliced
- 4 red bell peppers quartered, seeded, and sliced
- 4 large onions halved and sliced
- 1 cup pickling or canning salt
- 6 cups granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoon pickling spice
- 1 tablespoon ground turmeric
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- 4 cups white vinegar
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine tomatoes, green peppers, red peppers, onions, and salt. Cover and let stand at a cool room temperature overnight.
- In a colander lined with cheesecloth, working in batches, drain vegetables and rinse well. Drain again and squeeze out excess liquid. Set aside in the colander to continue draining.
- In a large pot, combine drained vegetables, sugar, pickling spice, turmeric, cinnamon, cloves, and vinegar. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring often. Reduce heat and simmer gently, stirring often, for about 30 minutes or until onions are translucent and relish is slightly thickened.
- Ladle hot relish into sterilized jars to within ½ inch of rim. Remove any air pockets and adjust headspace, if necessary, by adding hot relish; wipe rims. Apply prepared lids and rings, tighten rings just until fingertip-tight. Process jars in a boiling water canner for 15 minutes. Turn off canner and remove lid. Let jars stand in water for 5 minutes. Transfer jars to a towel-lined surface and let rest at toom temperature until cooled. Check seals; refrigerate any unsealed jars for up to 3 weeks.
Notes
*Notes: Makes about 10 pint jars of relish. All 10 jars may not fit in your canner at once. Only fill and seal as many jars as fit in your canner and keep the remaining relish hot. Once the first batch is almost finished processing, fill the remaining jars with the remaining hot relish.
This relish makes a nice accompaniment to a grilled cheese sandwich or a savory meat pie, or a delicious spread for a turkey or chicken sandwich.
Quick tip
Don't be tempted to use regular salt because the additives in regular salt will make your preserves cloudy. Have you ever wondered why you add salt to preserves? According to this book, salt draws the juices out of vegetables and fruits, allowing the pickling liquid or brine to enter the cells and preserve the food. It also contributes to the texture. There are all sorts of helpful tidbits and tips sprinkled through this book.
Finer mixture
If you want your relish finely chopped, you can use a food processor to pulse the tomato relish vegetables quickly.
Enhance the taste
For best results, allow the green tomato relish to infuse its flavors for a month before consuming it.
Nutrition
Calories: 642kcalCarbohydrates: 158gProtein: 7gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.2gTrans Fat: 0.001gSodium: 69mgPotassium: 1174mgFiber: 10gSugar: 139gVitamin A: 3963IUVitamin C: 198mgCalcium: 159mgIron: 4mg
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