Green Tomato Chutney

bellathecat_2

I have lost quite a few of my tomatoes, broken of under the weight. I have seen a lot of green tomato chutney recipes.

I am a newbie at this so don't laugh but are green tomatoes a variety or are they just tomatoes that have not ripened.

moneymabel

Yep it's just unripe tomatoes..my Mum makes green tomato chutney and it is absolutely gorgeous...go for it!

bellathecat_2

moneymabel wrote: »

Yep it's just unripe tomatoes..my Mum makes green tomato chutney and it is absolutely gorgeous...go for it!

And will your mum share her recipe

unhappy_shopper

This is from the BBC food website.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/greentomatochutney_8201

moneymabel

That recipe looks pretty much the same but mum uses onions not shallots and doesnt put chillis in it!

GreenFly_2

I'm too am interested in green tom chutney as my toms have just got blight so I have quite a few green toms to use quickly. Any more recipes passed down from grandma or grandpa that I can have a go at?

Thanks in advance
GF

Furny

Neighbour & i where just talking about this today,whilst looking at all my Marmandes as a back up plan if they don't start ripening soon.

fru-gal_3

Delia's recipe is very good, I've made it two years running now.
It's from the Complete Cookery Course (not online) , but someone's reproduced it at yahoo answers

This recipe is in the Complete Illustrated Cookery Course

2 1/2 lb green tomatoes
2 lb onions
2 1/2 lb cooking apples
1 lb raisins
6 large crushed cloves of garlic
1/2 tbsp cayenne pepper
1/2 tbsp salt
2 leve desertspoons of ground ginger
1lb 6oz soft brown sugar
1 oz pickling spice
3 pints genuine malt vinegar.

A small preserving pan, eight 1lb preserving jars, a mincer, string and some gauze.

Wash the tomatpoes and cut them into quarters, peel theonions and quarter them, quarter and core the apples, lewaving the peels on and keeping them in water to prevent browning.

Using the medium blade of a mincer, mince the tomatoes and place them in the pan, next mince the onions, then the raisins followed by the apples (don't wory if they have now turned brown), addinf them all to the pan. Now add the garlic, cayenne, salt ginger and sugar, blend everything thoroughly. Next tie the pickling spice in a small piece of double thickness gauze and attach it to the handle so that it hangs down into the other ingredients.
Now pour in the vinegar, bring to simmering point, remove any scum from the surface, then let it simmer very gently for approx. 3 1/2 hours with out covering. Sit occassionally esp. towards the end to prevent sticking. It's ready whe the vinegar has almost been absorbed, the chutney has thickened to a nice soft consistency and the spoon leaves a trail. Do be careful not to overcook. The recipe says that a food processor can be used instead of a mincer.

valentina

I made this one last year - Nigel Slater recipe
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/oct/04/nigel-slater-green-tomato-recipes

GreenFly_2

valentina wrote: »

I made this one last year - Nigel Slater recipe
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/oct/04/nigel-slater-green-tomato-recipes

Just had a go at making this recipe this morning and so far so good.

Managed to clear my sinus's out to boot.

Many Thanks for the recipe :T

GF

bellathecat_2

I made this one on Saturday morning from www.allotment.org.uk and it is amazing, we already scoffed a whole jar along with a huge chunk of cheddar cheese and a packet of crackers. The one downside was that my OH said don't make it again when we have friends coming for dinner, the whole house smelled of vinegar. The friends didn't mind so we gave them a jar.

Ingredients:

• 500g green tomatoes
• 500g red onion
• 250g sultanas
• 250g brown sugar
• 2 tbsp Salt
• 1 tsp cayenne pepper
• 1 tsp ground green cardamom
• 500ml Malt vinegar

Method:

Chop everything up, no need for a perfection, and put it in a good heavy based pan .
Bring it to the boil and then turn down the heat , simmer for about an hour until reduced to a thick pulp.
Spoon into sterilised jars and enjoy either after standing for a while to let flavours develop or if you are a little glutton like myself grab the cheese and crackers and go watch TV .