Relishes

Green Tomato Relish

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 3 shallots, thinly sliced (white part of spring onion if no shallots)
• 1 teaspoon yellow mustard seeds
• 1/4 teaspoon red chili flakes
• 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
• 100g caster sugar
• 2 tablespoons aged white wine vinegar or cider vinegar
• 4 green tomatoes, quartered, cut into thin slices

Method

1. Heat oil in a frying pan over medium heat, add shallots, mustard seeds, chili, allspice and 1 teaspoon sea salt and cook for 8 minutes.
2. Add sugar, vinegar and tomatoes and cook for 10 minutes or until tomatoes are soft.
3. Store in a sterile jar or just use straight away...

Apricot Relish

Ingredients

• 250g Apricots (canned works well)
• 1 orange
• 1 tablespoon fresh grated Ginger
• 1 tablespoon coriander 
• 1 teaspoon cider vinegar 
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon brown sugar 
• 1/8 teaspoon dry mustard
• 1/8 teaspoon turmeric 

Method

1. Coarsely chop the apricots. Place in a bowl.
2. Grate orange rind to about 1/2 teaspoon.
3. Chop up orange flesh and add flesh and grated rind to apricots.
4. Add all remaining ingredients. Stir to mix.
5. Cover and refrigerate from 1 to 4 hours

Tomato Chilli Relish             

• 1 large can diced tomatoes (roma if possible)
• 1½ tablespoons oil
• 1 onion, finely diced
• 2 - 4 medium red chillies, finely diced
• 3 cloves garlic, crushed
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 50ml brown vinegar (Balsamic gives a nice flavour too)
• Salt and pepper to taste

 

Heat the oil in a saucepan, add onion and chillies and cook until soft.

Add the garlic and cook for a further minute.
Add tomatoes, sugar, vinegar, salt and pepper.
Bring to the boil and simmer for about an hour stirring occasionally.
Pour into a hot sterilised jar and seal.

 

 

 

My mother -in-laws Tomato Relish recipe is on its way - it takes 24 hrs but well worth it :)