Fermented Green Tomatoes
Description
A simple way to put food by for later. These little tomatoes make a fine snack with your favorite national spirit, or slice them into wedges, toss with yellow onion, and drizzle with sunflower oil for a delicious salad. That’s why every home cook should keep a recipe for pickled green tomatoes on hand.
Instructions
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Step 1
To prepare this, we will need firm green cherry tomatoes of roughly the same size — like these. Of course, they need to be washed and dried.
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Step 2
Cut them in a cross pattern—don’t cut all the way through so they don’t fall apart.
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Step 3
Finely chop the carrots.
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Step 4
Do the same with the garlic, bell pepper, and hot peppers.
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Step 5
Finely chop the herbs.
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Step 6
Let's prepare the brine — dissolve the salt and sugar in hot water and mix.
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Step 7
Stuff the cherry tomatoes with carrot, pepper, garlic, and herbs. Pack them into a pot or bucket, alternating with bay leaves and horseradish, then cover with brine.
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Step 8
The brine should completely cover them. To keep the tomatoes from floating, you can cover them with plates or lids and weigh them down with something on top — an empty small pot will do.
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Step 9
After 3–4 days at room temperature, fermented green tomatoes are ready!