Green Tomato Recipes
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What can one do with green tomatoes?
What if....Your kids get overzealous and pick all your lovely green tomatoes before they ripen.
or............
A summer thunder storm knocks your loaded tomato plant over before the 'maters turn red.
or.............
The weather turns chilly and you still have tons of beautiful green tomatoes on the vine!
No problem. Here are a few recipes using green tomatoes that will save the day (or your harvest)! Recipes are vegetarian except for egg and dairy products.
FYI: the second scenario above was the reason I had so many!
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Green Tomato Pasta Sauce
You can freeze this gluten free tomato sauce!
If you have:3 tablespoons good quality olive oil
3 medium cloves of garlic - chopped
3 medium (bigger than a tennis ball, smaller than a soft ball) green tomatoes, cut into eighths
1/2 cup H20
1/2 teaspoon dried basil ( 1 T fresh, chopped)
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, shredded
salt and pepper to taste
You can:
Heat oil in a large pot (Dutch oven or big sauce pan) over medium low heat.
Add garlic and cook about 1 minute.
Add tomatoes and increase heat to medium.
Saute, stirring until garlic begins to turn brown (about 4 minutes).
Add water and dried basil (wait to add the fresh basil), cook covered 5 to 8 minutes.
Check occasionally to see when tomatoes are soft and liquid is thick (like syrup).
Transfer contents to a food processor or blender and add cheese..
Puree.
Transfer to a saucepan and season to taste.
Reheat and serve over hot pasta of choice.
Use fresh, chopped basil as a garnish.
Serve with grated Parmesan.
(Sauce can be frozen)
Recipe from "Loaves and Fishes II".
Making Green Tomato Pasta Sauce
It took me about 30 minutes to make this easy sauce recipe. Click on the smaller pictures to read comments.
Ingredients
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Green Tomato Casserole
A pretty dog-gone good recipe for using those green tomatoes!
If you have:5 to 6 green tomatoes (thinly sliced)
Salt and pepper (to taste)
1 cup (4 oz) shredded Cheddar cheese
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
Saltine cracker crumbs (use about 1 sleeve)
Optional toppings: Potato chips
Buttered 1 1/2 quart baking dish
You can make this recipe by:
Layering half the tomatoes, salt, pepper, half the cheese and one-third of the butter in the baking dish.
Repeat the layers and cover with cracker crumbs.
Dot with the remaining butter.
Cover the dish with a lid or aluminum foil.
Bake at 400 degrees for 40 to 45 minutes.
Yield: 4-6 servings
(Photo by me!)
"Green Mary" Drink Recipe
A Healthy Bloody Mary Recipe using green tomatoes!
The following summery cocktail is like a Bloody Mary, but instead of being red it is-----GREEN!GREEN MARY
4 green tomatoes, chopped
5 green tomatillos, chopped
1 celery stalk
3 mint leaves
1 jalapeno, seeded
5 jarred olives
1/2 cup olive juice (from olive jar)
1 cup orange juice
2 oz lemon juice Fresh horseradish, grated, to taste
12 oz vodka
In a blender, puree all ingredients except vodka. Add vodka to the mixture, then serve in highball glasses. Garnish with celery or mint, if desired.
MAKES 6 SERVINGS
Calories per serving: 208
This recipe is reproduced here with permission from Summer Drinks--Women's Health
Image of the Maria Verde - The Green Bloody Mary, is located at New World Review; there is also another recipe there that you could try using tomatillos and green tomatoes.
Nutritional Analysis of a Raw Green Tomato:
Good points:
* Very low in saturated fat
* No cholesterol
* High in dietary fiber
* High in iron
* High in manganese
* High in magnesium
* High in niacin
* Very high in pantothenic acid
* High in phosphorus
* Very high in potassium
* High in thiamin
* Very high in vitamin A
* High in vitamin B6
* Very high in vitamin C
Bad points:
* Very high in sugar
Source: calorie count - a free service of about.com
Half a Green Tomato - Allposters.com
Fannie Flagg's Recipe for Fried Green Tomatoes
(note the "printable version" link at the bottom of this recipe!)
- Serves: 6 to 8
- Prep Time: not long if you have done it before!
- Total Time: improves with experience!
Fannie Flagg's recipe for fried green tomatoes is from Recipe from "Loaves and Fishes II; Recipes From the Eastern Shore of Mobile Bay" by St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Daphne, AL 36526.
The yummy photo is adapted from Flickr user millermz.
Ingredients
- 1 egg beaten
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 cup self-rising flour
- 1/3 cup cornmeal
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 6 to 8 green tomatoes - cut into 1/4 inch slices
- cornstarch--optional
Instructions
Mix egg and buttermilk in a shallow dish
Mix flour, cornmeal and salt in another shallow dish
Working in batches:
Tip: rub some cornstarch on the green tomato slices before going to the egg mixture.
Dip tomato slices into egg mixture (let excess drip back into dish)
Coat with flour mixture
Fry in hot bacon drippings in large heavy skillet until brown - turn only once
Transfer to colander to drain.
You might need the following tools to make fried green tomatoes:
Watch an Expert Make Fried Green Tomatoes:
Green Tomatoes: fry 'em up!
For Fried Green Tomatoes, I recommend:
1. Dip your finished fried green tomatoes in ranch or blue cheese dressing!
2. Use a cast iron skillet for frying the coated green tomatoes.
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Look Again at Green Tomato Recipes:
Which green tomato recipe of mine will you be trying?
Feel free to share your own recipes, too, for green tomatoes.
The Splendid Table on NPR agrees that green tomatoes are wonderful to use in recipes. What do you do with green tomatoes?
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SheilaSchnauzies
Nov 27, 2011 @ 4:22 pm | delete
- Blessings to you from a Squid Angel on a fabulous lens!! I love fried green tomatoes, I grow tomatoes, and I plan on making your Green Tomato Pasta Sauce next time I have a supply!
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OhMe
Nov 17, 2011 @ 5:11 pm | delete
- Your Green Tomato Casserole Recipe sounds delicious. Thank you for adding it to my Casserole lens.
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MorningShine
Nov 12, 2011 @ 5:34 pm | delete
- I never would have thought to make green pasta sauce. I'll have to try that next summer when I have green tomatoes again.
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tammikibler
Nov 8, 2011 @ 10:41 pm | delete
- I think I will try the pasta sauce. The green Marys look interesting too.
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cwstocks
Nov 7, 2011 @ 10:10 am | delete
- This is a great lens. We live in MT and many years the growing season is just not long enough to really ripen our tomatoes. Never even considered a "Green Mary".
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