Green Tomato Relish
Ingredients:
- 4 lbs. green tomatoes
- 1 ½ lbs. sweet onions
- 1/3 cup kosher salt
- 1 ½ cups cider vinegar
- 1 ½ cups white vinegar
- ¼ cup demerrara sugar
- 3 red peppers (Sheppard)
- 3 chili peppers
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1 tbs. Kozlik's Oriental mustard powder
- 1 tbs. Kozlik's brown mustard seed
- 1 tbs. Kozlik's yellow mustard seed
- 1 tbs. Kozlik's oriental mustard seed
- 2 tsp. salt
- 1 tbs. whole cloves
- 1 tbs. ground ginger
- 1 tsp. celery seeds
- 1 stick cinnamon crushed
Instructions:
- Medium chop the tomatoes and the onions and mix with the kosher salt. Refrigerate for 12 hours, then rinse in cold water and set aside.
- Tie the cloves, ginger, celery seed and cinnamon in a moist cheesecloth.
- Thinly slice the chili pepper, chop the red pepper and garlic.
- In a Dutch oven over medium heat bring to boil the cider vinegar and the sugar, stirring until the sugar is fully dissolved.
- Stir in the peppers, garlic, dry mustard, mustard seed and 2 tsp. salt.
- Add the rinsed tomato and onion mixture and stir together well. Add the cheesecloth pouch.
- Bring to the boil then simmer over low heat until the tomatoes turn translucent, about ½ hour, then can.