Mar092010
Sweet Pepper and Green Tomatoes Marmalade
Filed under Appetizer,Technique,Vegetarian by Anna at 10:04 AM on Mar 09 2010
Lately At the markets, there are so many varieties of tomatoes it’s mind blowing. They look amazing…so colorful, so sometimes I get them just for their looks. Yes I’m that futile…Looks are very important to me. I buy books sometimes without even reading the excerpt just because the cover is pretty. And wouldn’t be different at the FM, sometimes I just can’t resist some prettiness. And that’s exactly what happened with these sweet little peppers and the green tomatoes. They looked so cute and colorful, so for a minute I scratched my head in front of the stand, thinking what to do with them. And then I asked the lady who was selling them, what could I do with that, and she smiled and said… make marmalade. You see you have to talk to your farmer they are full of genius. So, if you ever flustered thinking, “what should I cook today”, I’m sure you’ll find some interesting idea at the FM.
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Sweet Pepper and Green Tomatoes Marmalade
- 2 pounds firm green tomatoes
- ½ pound sweet peppers
- 1 lemon
- 2 cups sugar
- ½ vanilla bean
- A pinch of salt
- *½ habanero chili (optional)
Cut the tomatoes in half and remove the seeds and core, chop into small dices. Zest the lemon and juice it, cut the sweet peppers in thin slices. In a large bowl combine tomatoes, lemon zest, lemon juice, peppers, sugar, salt. Cover and refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight. Put the mixture in a large nonreactive pot, cut vanilla beans in half and scrape the seeds into tomato mixture. Add the scraped bean as well. Bring the mixture to a boil, stirring constantly. Lower the heat and simmer until marmalade has thickened.
* I added half Habanero chili in mine, coz I like it hot. It’s a great appetizer to spread on savory corn muffins or on a toast with some prosciutto. Enjoy.
1 Divinaon 09 Mar 2010 at 10:07 AM
This marmalade must be bursting with flavor. You’re inspired by your visits to the market. Time to go there too.
2 5 Star Foodieon 09 Mar 2010 at 10:54 AM
Amazing marmalade, very unique with peppers and green tomatoes! I would add habanero to mine too, yum!
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3 Jennon 09 Mar 2010 at 2:54 PM
I think in some respects, I’m rather absolute in my thinking. Never would have thought of a savoury marmalade. On the best of days, I don’t quite think of the orange concoction. But you’re making me think on a Tuesday afternoon about a savoury option. I am liking it. And it’s alleviating my headache.
P.S. I love the variety of tomatoes out there. so loverly.
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4 sweetlifeon 09 Mar 2010 at 7:57 PM
What a great marmalade…love the colors..me too I would also add the habanero!!
sweetlife
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5 Peggyon 11 Mar 2010 at 5:13 AM
I love this! Can’t wait to try it!
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7 MaryMohon 13 Mar 2010 at 11:55 AM
Very creative. I never can think of vegetables marmalade. Must be so full of flavour & taste. Thanks for sharing.
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8 Julianaon 15 Mar 2010 at 12:21 PM
Anna, this is something that I’d like to have in my fridge all the time…looks fabulous! What a great combination of veggies for a marmalade
9 Ericaon 15 Mar 2010 at 2:54 PM
This sounds interesting and absolutely delicious!The flavor has to be amazing :0
10 kristyon 15 Mar 2010 at 4:38 PM
OMG, green tomatoes & sweet pepper marmalade! Are you kidding! What an outragous flavour! Way to go, Anna, the queen of the road! yay…
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11 Aysegul - nysdelighton 15 Mar 2010 at 5:19 PM
Very interesting and very creative – I curious about the taste. A good reason for to make some.
12 Annaon 15 Mar 2010 at 10:43 PM
Hi Kristy, the queen of the road is now venturing around this city, I get lost sometimes but it’s a lot of fun. So far no casualties.
13 citronetvanilleon 16 Mar 2010 at 10:45 PM
I love this marmelade, beautiful and even more so that you added vanilla instead of cinnamon! I never really cooked with green tomatoes but will add it to my list of ingredients to try out. Crisp and bright pictures, just beautiful!
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14 Jennon 17 Mar 2010 at 3:06 PM
Hi Anna, I’ve given you a blog award. I hope you consider it
http://defunktgourmet.wordpress.com/2010/03/17/the-sunshine-award/
15 Annaon 17 Mar 2010 at 6:16 PM
Jenn, Thank you so much for the award, i’t lovely that you thought of me.
16 Annaon 17 Mar 2010 at 6:31 PM
Thanks Silvia, It was my first time with green tomatoes too.
17 Lorion 18 Mar 2010 at 3:47 AM
So pretty. I don’t think I could have passed them up either. I love that you added the spicy pepper. Some marmalades like this using summer veggies is on my to-do list this year so I’m definitely bookmarking your recipe.
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18 Juliaon 22 Mar 2010 at 1:10 PM
I love your idea of using green tomatoes!
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