How to Make Green Tomato Jam Recipe

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Green Tomato Jam Recipe Description

Here’s another green tomato jam recipe for using up those extra, rend of season green tomatoes. If you can wait for some, green tomato jam, then make a batch early in the season, too.

Yield: 2 pints

Thought for the Day: The largest yield off a single tomato plant was 340 pounds!

Green Tomato Jam Recipe Ingredients

6 cups chopped green tomatoes

hot water

4 cups sugar

2 lemons, thinly sliced

Recipe Directions

  1. Cover tomatoes with water and boil for 5 minutes.

  2. Drain the water into a pot and add sugar. Let stand for 3 hours or more.

  3. Refrigerate tomatoes until ready for the next step.

  4. After 3 hours, bring syrup to a boil and cook rapidly until very thick.

  5. Add tomatoes and sliced lemon. Cook, stirring frequently, until thick and clear.

  6. Pack into sterilized jars and seal.

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