Recipe

Green Tomatoe Garlic Dill Pickles - Canned Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Dsmith0616 / All my dishes 2 years, 2 months ago The Ultimate in Pickles - they are so pretty, and taste even better! Like fried green tomatoes? Like pickles? Here you go! Prep:30m Cook:10m Servings:8	Dsmith0616
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Ingredients

Green tomatoes - 4-5 med for pints, double for quarts

Peeled, fresh garlic cloves, 2 per pint (3-4 if doing quarts)

Fresh dill sprigs, 1 per jar

1 tbl dill seed per pint (1 1/2 tbl per quart)

1 dried hot pepper, or one hot cherry pepper, or 1 tsp red pepper flakes

Pickle Crisp (Ball makes this, it is food-grade calcium chloride) *optional

White, distilled vinegar - 4 cups

Water - 12 cups

Kosher (or "canning") salt - 2/3 cup

Directions

Fill and boil water bath canner

Green tomatoes - I slice them horizontally; they are lace-like in the jar and beautiful. any thickness you like, I will do one jar with the leftover "shoulder" pieces and chunky parts, and some sliced with the mandoline, very thin - however you prefer! I've even take very small and green cherry tomatoes, pike a hole or two with a pin, and do them whole, what a neat treat around the holidays!

Wash and sterilize jars and rings.

Boil water, vinegar and salt, over med - med high

Place ingredients in jar then pack the tomatoes. I lay the slices on the outside, they are so pretty, then pack regular.

Once packed, seals and rings placed - hot water bath for 10 minutes, according to guidelines.

Let sit for a minimum of 1 week for flavors to develop.

* Now... for a REAL treat... take the pickles out and drain, batter and fry and serve with tartar sauce - heaven. (keep the juice for potatoe salad, deviled eggs, etc)

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