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Green Tomato Recipes

Posted in 2006-Oct
We have quite a few green tomatoes left that I don't want to go to waste. So, I've found several recipes to use that maybe other folks would be interested in.
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Green Tomato Pie

3 cups green tomatoes, sliced
3 T flour
4 tsp grated lemon peel
6 T lemon juice
3 T butter
3/4 t cinnamon
1/4 t salt
1 1/3 cup sugar (I use sucanat)
4 T butter
pastry for 9 inch 2-crust pie

Combine 1st eight ingredients in bowl and pour into pastry-lined pie plate. Cover with top crust. Pierce crust with fork to allow steam to escape. Bake 10 min. at 450 degrees, reuce heat to 350 degrees, and bake another 30 minutes. Serves 6-8
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Green Tomato Cake

2 1/4 cup sugar
1 cup vegetable oil or melted shortening (I use coconut oil)
3 eggs
2 t vanilla
3 cups flour
1 t salt
1 t baking powder
1 t cinnamon
1/2 t nutmeg
1 cup pecans or walnuts
1 cup raisins
2 1/2 cups diced green tomatoes
coconut (optional)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In mixing bowl, beat sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla 'til smooth and creamy. Ad flour, sl=alt, baking powder, cinnamon and nutmeg; slowly beat into egg misture. Blend well. Stir in nuts, raisins and tomatoes. Pour into greased 9X13 inch pan. Top with coconut. Bake X 1 hour. Serves 12
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Of course, there is also fried green tomatoes. I dredge sliced tomatoes in beaten eggs before coating them with cornmeal and then frying them. Mmmm! I don't fix them often for I'm the only one in the family who enjoys eating them!

I've also seen recipes for green tomato relish that I plan on using this year. I plan on freezing some green tomatoes as well. Some folks blanch a cored green tomato before freezing them in a baggie. Some folks drop a cored green tomato in boiling water for a couple of minutes, peel the skin off and then freeze them in a baggie (this is how I froze many of our red tomatoes to be used in the winter for soups, etc.). Some folks wrap their green tomatoes in newpaper and store them in a basement. They eventually ripen. I've even seen recipes for green tomato salsa and green tomato ketchup.

Enjoy!
The Farmer's Wife

01:29 - 2006-Oct-6 - post comment


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Thanks! Do you have a good recipe for ketchup? LynnB

Anonymous - 09:08 - 2006-Oct-6


Ketchup Recipe

I've used this one in the past, Lynn, with my own variations depending on what ingredients I have available.
8 lbs tomatoes
1 cup chopped onion
1cup honey
1 T salt
1 cup apple cider vinegar
1 t ground mustard seed
1 t ground celery seed
Bring vinegar and spices to a boil and remove from heat. Peel tomatoes and combine with onion in a food processor. Process until fine. Bring mixture to a boil, simmer until reduced by half. Add vineagr mixture to tomato mixture. Simmer until desired consistency. Cool and either can or freeze.

Lighthouse - 12:34 - 2006-Oct-7


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Thanks, Lisa, for the recipe! I still have quite a few tomatoes to process, and the boys were asking about making our own ketchup. You sure have a wealth of good information. Blessings, LynnB

Anonymous - 12:08 - 2006-Oct-8


Thank you

I too have a lot of tomatoes to tend with and green ones. I just didn't know how I was going to take care of them all. Thanks also for the ketchup one. I like your recipe it sounds great! I think I will try it this week. Many blessings!!

sherry - 08:37 - 2006-Oct-21


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