Tomatoes, tomatoes and more tomatoes!

Bought 10kg of tomatoes... had to use them up!




Spicy tomato relish
Boil following ingredients for 1-1.5 hours, then simmer for 30 mins....
2 lrg red onions, chopped
2.5kg tomatoes, chopped up
150g raisons, chopped
6 garlic cloves, chopped
10 small red chillies, seeded, and you guessed it, chopped
juice and peel of 1 lemon, (peel in long thin strips)
2T fresh ginger
3t allspice
2t ground cloves (thanks to neighbour!)
2t salt
2C apple cider vinegar
2C sugar

then
add 1T cornflour mixed with 2T apple cider vinegar, mix, simmer and stir for 2 mins, then stand for 2 mins.

Put into clean jars. Invert the jars for 2 mins. Then put upright again and store.


Tomato Sauce


All of the tomato sauce I made is staying here, sorry - we are not being generous with this! Kids love it!

8lb tomatoes (3.5kg)
2T salt
2C malt vinegar
2lb brown sugar (1kg)
2 packets whole allspice, tied in muslin.

Boil for 2 hours. Cool. Wizz, or process, and bottle when cold.

Makes about 2.25 litres.


Tomato relish


I kind of mixed two recipes for this, and can't fully remember what I did! Whatever it was worked, cos it is scrummy!

2-3kg tomatoes, chopped
3 onions, chopped
4C sugar
2C malt vinegar
2T salt
2T mustard powder
2T curry powder

3T cornflour


Boil first 7 ingredients for 1-1.5 hours.
Take some out, and ix with cornflour then add paste back to pot and stir, simmering until thicker. (about 5 mins)

Pour hot relish into clean, heated jars, invert for 2 mins, then put upright and store when cool.


Make sure you label them with date made and what it is!