Everyone loves a good pickle! J. Neff sent us this delicious authentic recipe for making green tomato pickle as their gran back in Southern Germany used to. (Gertrud Neff, Heidelberg)
Ingredients and preparation:
- Wash 3.5 kg green tomatoes and cut in fine slices
- Cover with vinegar overnight
- The next morning drain in a colander
- Bring to the boil 1.5kg granulated sugar and 1/4 litre white wine vinegar until sugar is dissolved
- Add the tomatoes, 1 stick of cinnamon and a few whole cloves
- Bring briefly to the boil (for about 1 minute)
- Cool until it is lukewarm, then stir in 1 tbs mustard
- Store in clean jars and seal
tomatoes sliced finely 
soaking in vinegar overnight 
bring ingredients briefly to the boil 
allow to cool before filling the jars 
lots of jars of pickle! 
delicious!
It’s great to see the green tomatoes from Ninewells Garden’s polytunnel that are left at the end of the season getting used to make a tasty pickle that will keep through winter.
