Green Tomato Recipe Thread!

[ScarlettO'Herring]

You know you got 'em. If you don't yet, you will soon. So, how do you use up the leftover green tomatoes from your garden? Inquiring minds want to know! :D

ScarlettO

[TennOC]

Slice them and fry.

[ScarlettO'Herring]

LOL. Oh man, you gotta bread them first!!! Dip them in eggs+milk, shake them in seasoned flour and cornmeal, *Then* you do the frying!! preferably in veg oil spiked with dripping! Mmmmmm...

[countrylife]

k I'm here!!!!! Waiting for the chow-chow!!
Tenn we've sliced and fried, feeling guilty about the fat!! Ike blew most of my greenies off the vines and I need some ideas for using them asap.

[ScarlettO'Herring]

Never feel guilty about the fat, enjoy! Life's too short. ;)

Green Tomato Chutney:
2 and 1/4 quarts peeled green tomatoes
1 quart peeled chopped and cored apples
3 cups brown sugar
2 cups chopped cuke
1 and 1/2 cup minced onions
1 and 1/2 cups chopped seeded red peppers
1 cup white raisins
1 hot red pepper, finely minced (leave in seeds for hot, remove for mild)
1 clove garlic
1 tbsp powdered ginger
teaspoon salt
teaspoon ground cinnamon
3 cups vinegar

Bung it all into a big pot, simmer until thick. stir occasionally to keep it from sticking. Ladle into hot sterile jars, leave 1/4 inch head space. Cap and process 10 minutes in hot water canner.


ScarlettO

[countrylife]

Cool I've got a 5 gallon bucket of apples to use also..Really tired of applesauce and applebutter.

[ScarlettO'Herring]

OK, nobody posted Chow-Chow, so here's our recipe.

about 1 small head chopped cabbage
about 1 regular size head chopped cauliflower florets
4-6 medium size chopped green tomatoes
2-3 medium onions fine chopped
about 3-4 smaller chopped sweet green peppers
2-3 smaller chopped sweet red peppers
3 tablespoon salt
1 and 1/2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons celery seed
2 teaspoons dry mustard
1 teaspoon mustard seed
1 teaspoon turmeric
1 knob grated fresh ginger
2 and 1/2 cups cider vinegar

Toss all the veggies with the salt and let them stand for 4-6 hours, then drain off the liquid. Rinse them and drain again. Mix the sugar, spices and vinegar in a pot and simmer for 10 minutes. Add the veggies, simmer another 10 minutes and then bring it up to a full boil, then ladle it into hot sterile jars and leave a 1/4 inch headspace. Process for 10 minutes (pints), should make 4-5 jars.

[evilsunflower]

My mom used to have a green tomato pie recipe that I really liked. Nobody else did though so she threw out the recipe.

Sound familiar to anybody???

[TooManyTomatoes]

Fried Green Tomatoes:

Choose a hard, green tomato just beginning to pale. Blossom end should still be hard to touch.

Slice 1/2 inch slices. You will only get 2 good slices out of your average tomato.

Crack a small egg and mix yolk and white.

Put a 1/4 c of yellow cornmeal in a bowl and season with salt and pepper (or my favorite Borsari seasoned salt available on Amazon which contains garlic, basil etc.)

Dip first in egg then in seasoned Cornmeal.

Fry in bacon grease, vegetable oil or olive oil over med low heat until tomato is just beginning to soften.

[Denninmi]

OK, I know one NOT to do -- found a recipe for "mock apple pie" on the internet, using green tomatoes instead of apples. YUCK! Nasty, nasty.

I do make green tomato relish, it's a fairly standard recipe, mustard & celery seed, that sort of thing. Comes out yummy.

Dennis

[bluesolaise]

My mom used to have a green tomato pie recipe that I really liked. Nobody else did though so she threw out the recipe.

Sound familiar to anybody???

Years 'n' years ago somebody gave me a copy of a Martha Stewart cookbook (Pies & Tarts?) which has a recipe for a green tomato pie/tart... I could transcribe the recipe if you're interested. Hubby & I tried it once - tasted OK to me ( a fruit's a fruit, eh?) - dear child, however, thought it was....um, what's the word...revolting? But I think that was psychological...if we hadn't told him it was made with 'maters, he would've probably wolfed it down! Pie is pie- afterall!

[springfever]

My niece does a zuchinni pie that no one can tell from apple. I was skeptical but she made me a believer. I made it and my brother in law said, I know apple pie when I eat it. ha ha

[evilsunflower]

If you don't mind I'd be very interested in Martha's Green Tomato Pie. I have lots of green tomatoes and we all love pie in any form.

[allenwrench]

My pickled green toms were too vinegary. I used the same recipe as my bread and butter pickles. Do green tom pickles require more water and less vinegar? (I used about 40% water and 60% vinegar)

[daylilydude]

GREEN TOMATO PIE
1 1/4 cups of sugar
5 tablespoons of all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
Pinch of sea salt
4 cups of finely sliced GREEN tomatoes
2 tablespoons cider vinegar
2 frozen deep pie crusts, 8 inches in diameter
2 tablespoons butter or margarine.
In a deep bowl, combine sugar, flour, spices and salt, mix well. Add the tomatoes and vinegar, toss til slices are well-coated. Place the mixture in bottom pie shell, dot top of mixture with butter or margarine, cover with second shell, flute edges with a fork to seal. Cut slits in top for ventialtion, brush with milk, sprinkle a bit of granulated sugar over all. Place pie pan on a cookie sheet or large pizza pan to catch any "overflows". Bake on middle rack in oven @ 350 degrees for 1 hour or until tomatoes are tender.

[daylilydude]

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1 3/4 pound green tomato
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup yellow cornmeal
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cracked black pepper

canola oil for frying. Quantity depends on what size pan you use. Have enough oil in the bottom of the pan to create a 1/4 inch thick layer

1. Thinly slice green tomato
2. Place slices in buttermilk for 15 minutes
3. Mix together cornmeal, flour, baking powder, salt, and pepper
4. Heat oil over medium heat in large deep skillet
5. Dredge buttermilk soaked tomato slices in the cornmeal mixture and set slices aside on a plate
6. When oil is hot (test this by dropping a little bit of cornmeal mixture into oil and if it floats and starts to crackle and brown, the oil is ready) place 3-4 slices of tomato at a time in pan. Cook for 3 minutes and then flip for 3 more minutes on the other side. When golden, remove from pan and drain on a paper grocery sack. Serve as a side, or with eggs, or on a sandwich with red tomatoes, grainy mustard, melted asiago, and baby greens.

[countrygma]

k I'm here!!!!! Waiting for the chow-chow!!
Tenn we've sliced and fried, feeling guilty about the fat!! Ike blew most of my greenies off the vines and I need some ideas for using them asap.

I hope I didn't answer this before. If you use coconut oil you don't have to feel guilty. It is very good for you!

[Train]

Ya!
Personally, I wait. I let them
sit around trying to outlast me
then when they finally ripen I
eat 'em!!!
Train

[kyaggie]

Green tomato relish is good! I pickled some green cherry tomatoes once, and they were pretty good too for a novelty.

I have never tried this, but I have a friend that slices them, stacks em up with waxed paper between them and freezes them for frying later.

Anytimes a good time for fried green tomatoes!

[cornishwoman]

Green tomatoes
Celery salt
Pepper, to taste
Finely ground bread crumbs
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese ,the fresh sort is best
1 egg beaten well and diluted with 2 tablespoons water

Wash green tomatoes. Drain and dry. Cut tomatoes crosswise into halves and slice a small piece off the tops and the bottoms. Sprinkle the halves with celery salt and pepper, to taste.

Combine bread crumbs and cheese. Dip tomato halves in bread crumb mixture. Then dip in egg-water mixture and again in bread crumbs. Place breaded halves on a greased pan in a moderate oven, 375 degrees F. and bake until they are nearly soft. Place under broiler, turning once, until they are brown.:)real good late night snack.

[artemisia]

I'd really like a good recipe for green tomato pickles.

The ones I've had that I liked were sweet and a little hot (just a little).

Anyone want to share?

[reavilh]

Here's my recipe for chow-chow. Grandkids sure love it

CHOW-CHOW



1 peck (12-1/2 lb.) green tomatoes
8 large onions
10 green bell peppers
3 tablespoons of salt
6 hot peppers
1 quart of vinegar
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon allspice
1/4 teaspoon cloves
3 tablespoons dry mustard
a few bay leaves
1-3/4 cups sugar
1/2 cup horseradish

chop tomatoes, onions, and green peppers together and cover with salt; let stand overnight. Drain; add chopped hot peppers, vinegar, and sugar, Put spices in cheesecloth and add, boil slowly about 15 minutes or until tender. Add horseradish, and pack into sterilized jars, leaving 1/2" head-space. After adding lids and rings, process in boiling water bath five minutes. yield; 6 pints

[lanahi]

I'm going to try that green tomato pie!

[chickweed]

Easy one I stumbled into when I was fooling around with grill recipes- hubs says I will grill anything that does not run away and I was out to prove him right. Slice thick enough to hold up on grill and brush with olive oil on each side. Grill on each side until done - they will have consistency of grilled eggplant slices - and season to taste. Grilling mellows the flavor. This is one of my experiments that worked! For a different flavor season with a little smoked paprika.