Ingredients
2kg green tomatoes
1kg onions
salt
1 litre vinegar, plus ½ cup extra
750g sugar
125g treacle
60g mustard
40g cornflour
12g turmeric
12g curry powder
12g ground ginger
1 teaspoon whole cloves
1 teaspoon whole allspice
Method
Slice tomatoes and onions. Sprinkle lightly with salt, let stand overnight.
Drain and discard liquid.
Put sugar, vegetables, treacle and vinegar in saucepan to boil. Add cloves and allspice in muslin bag and add. Boil for 30 minutes.
Add cornflour, mustard and dried spices mixed with extra vinegar to make a paste.
Boil another 10 minutes.
Author
Gillian Neave
Greensborough CWA
When do you add the tomatoes to the brine?