Pickled green tomatoes
- From
- Þura
Ingredients
- 1 kg green (unripe) tomatoes, small, whole2¼ lb green (unripe) tomatoes, small, whole
- salt (for the brine)
- ½ kg sugar1 lb sugar
- ½ litre white vinegar2 cups white vinegar
- 6 whole cloves
- 1 cinnamon stick
Method
- Prick the tomatoes all over with a fork or skewer and soak them in salted water overnight.
- Drain and rinse the tomatoes.
- Boil the vinegar, sugar and spices together until the sugar has dissolved.
- Add the tomatoes and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Pack the tomatoes into clean, hot jars, pour the hot syrup over to cover, and seal.
As she wrote it
Súrsaðir grænir tóm
(Þura
1 kg. tóm. lagðir í bleyti (salt)
yfir nótt, og pikkaðir.
1/2 kg. sykur — 1/2 L. edik —
6 negulnaglar — 1 kanilstöng
Edik, sykur og krydd soðið,
Tóm soðnir í 5 mín. Sett á
glös og lokað.