I happen to have an abundance of green tomatoes and while I plan on making some green tomato salsa and letting others ripen inside, I was looking for something a little unusual to do with a few. I did a little searching which led me to this recipe for green tomato jam. Her recipe, however; required cooking the jam down for almost two hours until it set. I’m too lazy for that so I decided to modify her recipe a bit by adding some slightly under-ripe apples to my jam for their natural pectin, hoping it would thicken the jam up without hours of cooking time. It did and I must say as unusual as this jam sounds it is quite wonderful. I’ll be making more. I hope you’ll give Gingerly Green Tomato & Vanilla Apple Jam a try next time you’re faced with an abundance of green tomatoes.
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I found this jam to be particularly lovely in homemade plain yogurt with a bit of granola. I hope you’ll get creative and let me know how you use this creation up.
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Janet
Saturday 9th of January 2016
I'm curious to know if the green tomatoes are the same as tomatillos that are sold here in Southern Calif. to make this Gingerly green tomato and vanilla apple jam
Homespun Seasonal Living
Saturday 9th of January 2016
I actually used unripe red tomatoes in this recipe. Tomatillos might work but the flavor would be different, just because tomatillos tend to be more tart. You could sure try it but I didn't test it.
Denise
Saturday 18th of October 2014
How about that recipe for green tomato salsa? Would love to try that!
Janet Pesaturo
Tuesday 9th of September 2014
Kathie, this looks amazing, and it uses both apples and tomatoes, two things we are inundated with at the moment. Will def. give this a try this year. Pinning, tweeting, and sharing.
Kathie
Tuesday 9th of September 2014
I hope you enjoy it Janet! I know I really love it mixed into some homemade yogurt!
Corinna Wright
Saturday 13th of November 2010
Interesting~ I got given a ton of fruit last week from a friend and decided to make juice out of it all - found some great juice recipe here if you're interested
tara
Tuesday 22nd of September 2009
i'm making this right now. and and apple pie! thanks for the recipe, it seems so odd but delicious. happy first day of fall!