Sunday 12 September 2021

Blighted Tomatoes - Green tomato Ketchup

We've avoided blight the last few years here, but this summer when we got back from holiday it was waiting for us. 

The girls and their mum ripped out most of the plants and seperated up the tomatoes into ones that would ripen and ones to use green, then they sat there staring at me until I did something with them. 

Luckily I have my girls to help me do this sort of thing. My eldest asked if we could make a ketchup as we already have quite a bit of chutney, I found a couple of recipes online and decided to try them both. 


 Unfortunately that also meant getting some ingredients (fresh ginger and sherry), so we did the weekly shop first as well. In and out in 25 minutes, like a crack commando unit! 

Then while I got things cooking the girls did all the veg prep - for 16 pints of ketchup! I was really impressed with them. We left it cooking most of the day (and worked on the cob oven as well). 


Time will tell if this is worth it or not, they need to mature a bit first but I'm looking forward to trying it! 

What do you make with your green tomatoes? 


14 comments:

  1. fried green tomatoes! i never thought of making green tomato ketchup before but i think i will give this a try. great idea!

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    1. I've never fried green tomatoes - I've seen the film though!

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  2. How about green tomato mincemeat

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  3. Green tomato marmalade. Passata - which i use in stews, soups, curries and salsa just like the red variety. And yes green tomato chutney.

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  4. For the first time in years, we too got blight. We are trying to eat most as they ripen. Some will be made into chutney.

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    1. I hate getting blight! I know it's a fact of growing tomatoes but it does make me a little sad.

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  5. I make tomato relish and blitz it into sauce when needed :)

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  6. Green tomato gravy. I know - it sounds horrible! But my wife found a recipe online, made it, and - it was amazingly delicious.

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    1. Do you have the recipe? Sounds awful enough to try!

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    2. I think Joyce found it on the internet. Here is a link I found to one that seems similar: https://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/recs/419/Green_Tomato_Gravy40350.shtml Good luck!

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