Green Tomato Pickles 2kg green tomatoes 1 kg onions ½ small cauliflower 1 small cucumber 2 litres water ¼ cup salt ½ cup flour 2½ cups brown sugar, firmly packed 1½ tsp dry mustard 2 tsps turmeric ¼ tsp cayenne pepper ½ tsp curry powder 2½ cups malt vinegar Chop tomatoes, peel and chop onions, chop cauli into florets, peel and chop cucumber. Put all veges in large bowl, pour over water, add salt; cover, allow to stand overnight. Next day put veges and liquid in large saucepan, bring to boil, boil 2 minutes then drain. In another saucepan combine flour, brown sugard, mustard, turmeric, cayenne and curry powder. Mix to a smooth paste with a little of the vinegar, then add the remaining vinegar. Stir over heat until mixture boils and thickens. Add drained veges, bring back t the boil, boil 1 minute. Remove from heat, bottle and seal. Makes approx. 2 litres. Enjoy! posted by travelmad
juliewn,
Mar 19, 4:17am
I hope these are of help Lulu. I'm not sure what wasn't working with the other link. hopefully these are of help for you. please ask again if we can help further. Cheers. Julie
juliewn,
Mar 19, 4:17am
Curried Onions: 2.5 kg pickling onions, (or thickly sliced large onions), 1.5 litres malt vinegar, 500gms brown sugar, 2 tsp's ground cloves, 2 tsps allspice, 2 heaped tablespoons flour, 1 teaspoon mustard powder, 1 rounded teaspoon curry powder, 2 tsp tumeric. Peel onion's and place in a large bowl (not a metal bowl, as the salt can react with it) and sprinkle with 1/2 a cup of common salt and pour cold water over until the onions are covered with water. Stir to dissolve the salt. Cover and leave to stand overnight or for at least 8 hours.
juliewn,
Mar 19, 4:18am
continued. Put the vinegar and sugar in a large saucepan and heat. As it's heating, place an extra 250mls of vinegar in a bowl or jug, and whisk in all the other ingredients. When the vinegar and sugar mix has just come to the boil, whisk in the mixed spices, etc. and keep simmering until the mix has thickened, stirring often. While this is happening, drain the onion's in a colander or sieve, and place them in jars that have plastic lids (so they won't rust). Once the mix has thickened, pour it carefully over the onions, and place the lids on. Keep for 3 weeks before using so the sauce flavours the onions. The sauce in the jars can also be used - I find it's great for marinating meat for bbq's, or adding to stirfries as a flavouring.
juliewn,
Mar 19, 4:22am
Hi again Skin. here's a recipe out of the old Truth cookbook I bought through Trademe a while ago. Green Tomato Piccalilli: 6lbs green tomatoes, 2 quarts vinegar, 1 1b treacle, 1 tablespoon salt, 2 tablespoons curry powder, 2 tablespoons mustard, 5 large onions sliced. Boil all together till soft, then thicken with 5 tabs flour mixed smooth with a little vinegar, and boil 20 minutes more and bottle. It sounds like quite a hot recipe with that amount of curry powder and mustard - I think I'd reduce those by half, then once it's thick, taste it, and add more if wanted. Hope this helps.
tw1nkle,
Mar 19, 6:11am
A question all you clever relish making people, I have 12kg of tomatoes all chopped and ready to go, how much brown sugar would I need to make relish...? TIA
juliewn,
Mar 20, 12:24am
Bumping for Loafer1. and recipes using apples.
lulu239,
Mar 20, 12:36am
Thanks Juliewn Bless you for all those recipes. The problem with the sites is that I hilite and get Google to find. I have been successful at times but mostly not. I have tried putting the whole thinbg in manually but no luck. Maybe I'm jinxed!
smp11,
Mar 20, 3:56am
Feijoa season is fast approaching And I for one can hardly wait. Does anyone no how to preserve these whole or in halves in syrup! I have had some in the past & there were so delish. Thanks in advance.
juliewn,
Mar 21, 7:12am
Hi Smp. the TrademeCooks website has the way I find best to preserve feijoa's - which taste very good preserved! This is the link to the preserving part of the site, http://trademecooks.11.forumer.com/viewtopic.php!t=325 The feijoa part is almost half way down the page. Hope this helps. Happy Easter :-)
juliewn,
Mar 21, 7:30am
Hi Lulu. I hope there's something there in the recipes that will suit you. You probably know the following - I'll add this here in case it's of help: To access a site, if you highlight the link in a thread, so it's blue (right from the first to the very last letter) then click on the highlighted part with the Right side button of your computer mouse. A little box will pop up, then inside that, click on "Copy" The box will disappear. Now go to the address bar right at the top of your screen. Left click in that - the link there will go blue. Click delete on your keyboard - that link will disappear.
juliewn,
Mar 21, 7:31am
Now hold your cursor over the address bar, and again click with your Right mouse button. A box will pop up - Left click on "paste" and the link will transfer into your address bar. Now click on go - or press "enter" on your keyboard - there'll be an 'enter'button on the bottom right corner of your keyboard. Your computer will then take you to the site page the link refers to. Another way, if you have Internet Explorer 7, is to highlight the link as above, then keep your mouse cursoron that highlighted link. A little box will pop up - left click on the left hand side of it where it will pop up to take you to "Go to this web address."
juliewn,
Mar 21, 7:31am
Another, larger box will pop up - click on the top line of it, to "Open new window and go to. etc." Your computer will then leave the page you're copying the link from in place, and open a new page for the site you're using the link for. I hope this is of help. Have a lovely Easter weekend.
juliewn,
Mar 22, 4:34am
This recipe is from the NZ Gardener Get Growing email received today - it sounds delicious, and comes strongly recommended by Editor Lynda Hallinan - wish I had enough green tomatoes to make it! To make Green Tomato and Mint Relish, you need: 1kg green tomatoes, peeled and finely chopped, 1/2 cup of white wine vinegar, 1/2 cup of water, 3 sprigs of fresh mint, 1 cup of cider vinegar, 1 cup of caster sugar, 1 small green chilli, cut in half, and 2 teaspoons of dried mint. Put the tomatoes, white wine vinegar, water and fresh mint in a pot and cook over fairly high heat for 15 minutes. Allow to cool a little, then add the cider vinegar, sugar and chilli. Cook for 1 hour, stirring occasionally. Then add 1 teaspoon of dried mint and cook for another 20 minutes over a low heat. Remove from heat and stir in the final teaspoon of dried mint before pouring into jars. This relish keeps for up to three months in the fridge, or process in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes to store for up to one year.
juliewn,
Mar 24, 6:15am
Bumping for Fishheadsoup and gherkin relish recipes. :-)
juliewn,
Mar 24, 6:35am
Bumping for Supadeal. and delicious grape juice. :-)
supadeal,
Mar 24, 6:59pm
Sincere thanks,Julie will definately try the grape juice recipe ---- plus some others!
sclaredy_cat,
Mar 24, 7:55pm
Family Circle Tomato Sauce This is not exactly the same method as in the book, I have modified it to make it really easy. Put in a large pot 2 kg tomatoes, 3 green apples cored and chopped, 3 onions peeled and chopped and as much peeled garlic as you like. Add 2.5 cups malt vinegar, and simmer until everything is soft. Puree with a stick mixer and strain out the seeds if you want, I never do though. Add 2 c sugar,2 tbsp salt, 1/2 tsp pepper, 1/2 tsp mixed spice and 1/4 tsp ground cloves. Simmer for another 1/2 hour or so until thickened slightly. Pour into sterile jars or bottles and seal. Makes about 3 litres. I double this recipe and make it 3 times to make enough for my family of 5 for the year, with extra to give away. You will never go back to Watties!
books4nz,
Mar 26, 3:00am
Hi - does anyone have a recipe for making pasta sauce to freeze, and adding vegetables to the tomatoes! Thanks for help.
supadeal,
Mar 27, 5:36am
bump ing
juliewn,
Mar 28, 4:48am
Wow there's some hot sounding recipes there Rae.. :-)
juliewn,
Mar 28, 8:51am
Bumping for Nfh1 :-)
goodbooks,
Mar 29, 12:45am
Books - I think one was put out in the NZ Gardener weekly email a while ago - will check there, or someone else may have it if they're able to post it first.
bjkiwi,
Mar 29, 2:33am
Mint and Apple Jelly! Im sure I saw a post here somewhere for this recipe but cant seem to find it.Also does tomato relish usually have salt in it!I used one of the recipes from this thread to make some - and it is quite delicious but seems to be lacking something, I think it is salt!
juliewn,
Mar 29, 4:48am
Wow there's some hot sounding recipes there Rae. :-)
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