GREEN Tomato Mincemeat for your Christmas mincemeat tarts (no meat involved)

 

Recipe Title:  Green Tomato and Thai Eggplant Mincemeat(sans meat (click on this link to go directly to my YouTube video) 

Ingredients:

9 c       green tomatoes 
9          apples (medium size), peeled & cored
1 1/2 cups       white sugar

1 1/2 cups brown sugar
5 cups raisins - rinse well first and drain
½ cup apple cider vinegar
1 tsp. nutmeg
2 tsp. cloves
5 tsp. cinnamon
2 tsp. allspice
2 tsp. salt
1 1/2 cups water

Use a food processor to dice the tomatoes or dice by hand
. Strain through a fine wire mesh strainer or cheesecloth to remove excess juice. Discard juice and save tomato pulp.

Peel and core apples and chop into a small diced or chop up in processor until small chunks. 

Add all ingredients in a large pot on the stove. Bring the mincemeat up to the boil and then simmer on low for approximately 1  1/2 hours stirring occasionally. Be careful as the mincemeat will burn on high heat.

After simmering on low and while hot, portion hot mincemeat into hot, clean and sanitized glass sealer jars. Place a hot sealing disc onto clean rim[i] and place a screw band over top of jar and tighten until resistance is met and then tighten just a bit more. RESIST THE URGE TO SCREW THE SCREW BAND UNTIL EXTREMELY TIGHT…NOT NEEDED.  

For complete canning procedures as specified by the authority on canning ‘Bernardin  Canada’ please go to their website http://www.bernardin.ca/

Green tomatoes left over after the harvest

After simmering for 1 1/2 hour the mincemeat turned into a tasty aromatic filling for your tarts