Sweet And Spicy Tomatoes Pickled Green Cherry Tomatoes Recipes

Steps:

• These directions assume that you have canning experiance and are familar with the general precautions of home canning. If you are not, please do some research before attempting any home canning.
• Quarter green tomatoes into a large bowl, for very small ones I just half them.
• Set up clean sterile Wide Mouth Quart Jars and lids.
• Bring to a boil, 2 parts white vinegar and 1 part water, enough to fill all the jars you are making.
• Place 2 cloves of garlic in each jar.
• Add 2-3 jalapeno peppers to each jar. Any hot pepper will do.
• Stuff jars with quartered green tomatoes.
• Add 1 teaspoon of salt to the top of each jar.
• Pour boiling Vinegar and Water into each jar.
• Wipe the rims of the jars and place prepared lids according to the jar manufactures instructions.
• I turn mine upside down to cool and vacuum lids. No water bath or they will get mushy!
• Allow 1 month for the tomatoes to reach full flavor. I can never wait, but they do get better they longer the sit.

Steps:

• Combine vinegar, 3/4 cup water, sugar, spices, and 2 tablespoons salt in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Fill clean containers tightly with tomatoes. Add boiling brine to cover completely. Let cool completely. Cover, label, and refrigerate at least 1 week before serving, or up to 3 months.

Steps:

• Wash the tomatoes and prick each one in several places with the tines of a fork.
• Dissolve the sugar in the water, bring to a boil and boil rapidly for 5 minutes.
• Add the tomatoes and cook for 10 minutes.
• Remove the tomatoes and to the syrup add the ginger root, lemon juice and rind, and salt.
• Simmer the syrup for 15 minutes, return the tomatoes to the syrup and cook about 30 minutes longer, or till the syrup is thick and the tomatoes are transparent.
• Turn into hot jars and seal.