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Pickled Green Tomatoes

A home-style Pickled Green Tomatoes made with Pickling Salt C Sugar, Powdered Alum Ea Stick Cinnamon, and Boiling Water X Handful. Add it to your meal plan and shop the whole list in one go.

Ingredients

• 1 cup
• 1/2 tbsp
• 2 qt

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Green tomatoes should be fresh picked and sliced.

2. 2

   Arrange the tomatoes in layers in a large bowl or pickle crock, sprinkling the salt between the layers.

3. 3

   Let stand overnight.

4. 4

   The next day, drain, sprinkle with the alum, and pour the boiling water over them.

5. 5

   Let stand for 20 minutes.

6. 6

   Drain, rinse, and drain again.

7. 7

   In an enamel or stainless stell preserving kettle combine cider vinegar, sugar and the spices, tied in a cheesecloth bag. (The spice bag should be kept in the syrup right up to the very end.) Bring to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved and boil rapidly for 3 minutes.

8. 8

   Pour the syrup over the tomatoes and let stand overnight.

9. 9

   Next day, drain off syrup and bring to a boil.

10. 10

    Pour over tomatoes and let stand again overnight.

11. 11

    On the fourth day, put syrup and tomatoes into the kettle, bring to a boil and simmer until the tomatoes are transparent.

12. 12

    Pack the tomatoes into hot jars.

13. 13

    Boil the syrup until it becomes quite thick or spins a long thread.

14. 14

    Remove the spice bag and pour the syrup over the fruit, filling the jars and seal.