Sweet-Hot Green Tomato Pickles
It’s like Girls Gone Wild in my kitchen! But with tomatoes … and with my top on.
This was an experiment that turned out well and happens to be easy, too!
We liked these chopped up and added to tuna salad, or just served with anything that might go well with chutney. They are sweet, sour, and quite hot. If you want them less so, maybe just use half a pepper in each jar.
The first test batch didn't last very long
Sweet-hot Green Tomato Pickles
- Yield: 2 half-pints 1x
Ingredients
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- 3 smallish green tomatoes (egg-sized)
- 2 habanero peppers
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup water, divided
- 1/4 cup vinegar
Instructions
- Cut the tomatoes into quarters and then halve each quarter to give 8 pieces.
- Halve the habaneros and divide them between two half-pint jars.
- Combine in a small pot: sugar, 1/2 cup water and the tomatoes.
- Bring to boil over medium-high heat and boil, covered, about 4 minutes or until the tomatoes have darkened slightly and gotten soft.
- Pack the tomatoes into the jars with the habaneros.
- Add the remaining 1/4 cup water and vinegar to the pot and bring to boil again.
- Pour hot liquid over tomatoes.
- Seal.
And here’s a recipe for fermented green tomato pickles from Kate at Hip Girls.
