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Green Tomato Dill Pickles Recipe

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To use up green tomatoes at the end of the growing season, try making these delilcious pickles.

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 1/4 cup coarse salt
  • 5 pounds green tomatoes, thinly sliced
  • 1/2 pound onions, thinly sliced
  • 4 teaspoons snipped fresh dill weed
  • 1/2 teaspoon whole allspice
  • 1/2 teaspoon whole cloves
  • 1/2 teaspoon celery seed
  • 1 large red pepper, chopped
  • 1-1/2 cups cider vinegar
  • 1/4 lemon, thinly sliced
  • 1/2 Tablespoon dry mustard
  • 1-1/2 cups granulated sugar
  • 4 flower heads of dill

Preparation:

In a large kettle, add the salt to the tomatoes and onions and mix thoroughly. Let stand in a cool place for 10 hours minimum or overnight. Drain.

Place the dill weed, allspice, cloves, and celery seed in a cheesecloth bag. Combine the pepper, vinegar, lemon slices, mustard, and sugar with the tomatoes and onions, and heat to a boil. Add the spice-and-herb bag, and boil slowly for a half hour, stirring frequently.

Place one dill flower head in each of 4 clean, dry canning jars.

Remove the spice-and-herb bag, and pour the tomato mixture into the jars. Seal and process in a pressure canner according to canner directions.

Remove jars, check seal a few hours later, and store.

Yields 4 pints

Recipe Source: Tomatoes Love Herbs: A Fresh from the Garden Cookbook by Ruth Bass (Storey Publishing)
Reprinted with permission.

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