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Green Tomato Relish
Yield: 8 x half-litre jars (1 US pint)
Course
Condiments
Cuisine
American
Keyword
Relish, Tomatoes
Prep Time
1
hour
hour
Cook Time
45
minutes
minutes
Total Time
1
hour
hour
45
minutes
minutes
Servings
8
half-litre jars (1 US pint)
Calories
41
kcal
Ingredients
5
kg
green tomatoes
(washed but not peeled. Finely chopped. 5 US quarts / 5 litres / 10 lbs)
750
g
onion
(washed, peeled, finely chopped. 6 cups / 1.5 lbs. Measured after prep.)
1.25
kg
bell peppers
(mixed colours. e.g. red and green), washed, cored, seeded and finely chopped. (measured after prepping. 8 cups. 2 ¾ lbs. Measured after prep.)
175
g
pickling salt
(½ cup / 6 oz. OR non-bitter, non-clouding salt sub)
1
litre
water
(1 US quart / 32 oz)
1
litre
vinegar
(5% acidity or higher. 1 US quart / 32 oz)
2
tablespoons
cornstarch
800
g
sugar
(white. 4 cups / 32 oz)
100
ml
prepared mustard
(⅓ cup / 3 oz)
Metric
-
US Customary
Instructions
Put the prepped veg (tomato, onion, pepper) in a large pot.
Add the water and the salt OR salt sub to the veg; bring to a boil, simmer for 5 minutes, drain, return back to pan.
Take a portion of the vinegar (about 100 ml / ⅓ cup / 3 oz) and whisk into it the cornstarch.
To the veg mixture in the pot, add the cornstarch mixture, and the rest of the ingredients.
Bring to a boil; let simmer uncovered 5 minutes.
Pack hot into quarter-litre (½ US pint) jars or half-litre (US pint) jars.
Leave 2 cm (½ inch) headspace for either size jar.
Debubble, adjust headspace.
Wipe jar rims.
Put lids on.
Process in a water bath or steam canner.
Process either size jar for 5 minutes; increase time as needed for your altitude.
Best after at least a month of jar time.
Nutrition
Serving:
2
g
|
Calories:
41
kcal
|
Carbohydrates:
9.9
g
|
Protein:
0.5
g
|
Fat:
0.2
g
|
Sodium:
544
mg
|
Fiber:
0.8
g
|
Sugar:
8.8
g