Pickled Green Tomatoes ___________________________________________ Green tomatoes are perfect for pickling as the sugar content is not as much like ripe tomatoes. These are lacto-fermented tomatoes. I don’t recommend vinegar fermented ones because you will not find that many good bacteria in vinegar fermented veggies. Ingredients: 7-8 small green tomatoes, freshly picked from the vine or 4 large green tomatoes 1 tablespoon fennel seeds or mustard seeds or cumin seeds 1/2 tablespoon chilly flakes or any fresh chillies or mint leaves(optional) 2 tablespoons celtic sea salt 4 tablespoons whey(if not available, use and additional 1 tablespoon salt) 2-3 cloves garlic(just peeled, not crushed) filtered water Procedure: Wash green tomatoes well, may half or quarter them if you want to fit them in the jar. place them into a mason jar. Add all the ingredients and at the end add water to fill the jar, but leaving at least 1 inch below the top of the jar. Cover tightly. Shake to stir ingredients. Give at least 2 inches of head space and make sure all ingredients are submerged in brine. Keep at room temperature for about 3-10 days before transferring to cold storage. Be sure to ‘burp’ your jar every 1-2 days to let the gases out. It is difficult to give the correct duration as it depends on several factors like ambient temperature, ripeness of tomatoes, type of salt and so forth. Tips: you can also add peppercorns, cumin seeds, coriander seeds,cinnamon sticks, bay leaves, peppers in the jar.
Posted on: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 04:51:27 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015