Green Tomato Mincemeat

Name: Green Tomato Mincemeat
Yield: Makes about 10 pints
Ingredients: ½ c. vinegar; 1 tsp. salt; 1 tsp. ground nutmeg; 1 tsp. ground allspice; 4 c. brown sugar, firmly packed; 2 c. strong coffee; 1 lemon (grated peel and juice); 2 tsp. grated orange peel; 6 lbs. green tomatoes; 2 lbs. tart apples; 2 c. raisins

Preparation info

Makes about
10 pints

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Farm Journal’s Country Cookbook

By Nell B. Nichols

Published 1972

About

Makes downright delicious pies—the best way to salvage green tomatoes

Ingredients

6 lbs. green tomatoes
2 lbs. tart apples
2 c

Gluten-free
Vegetarian
Pie

Method

Core and quarter tomatoes and apples; put through food chopper with raisins.
Combine all ingredients in large saucepan. Simmer 2 hours, stirring frequently.
Pack at once in hot pint jars. Adjust lids. Process in boiling water bath (212°) 25 minutes.
Remove jars from canner and complete seals unless closures are self-sealing type.