Green Tomato Sauce Recipes

GREEN TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Clean the green tomatoes, chop them roughly and place them in a food processor. Blend roughly, it should not become a puree. If you are making more sauce, blend the tomatoes in batches.
• Chop the garlic. Heat the oil in a large nonstick saucepan. Add the garlic and stir continuously for 30 seconds, it should not darken.
• Add the tomatoes, vegetable broth, milk, sugar, chili, torn basil leaves, salt, and pepper. Stir well. Stir and simmer on low heat, covered, for 20-25 minutes until the tomatoes are soft. Stir often, as the sauce tends to stick at the bottom of the pan. Add a splash of extra water or milk if it thickens too much.
• Finish the sauce by adding the grated Parmesan, grated garlic clove, olive oil, chili flakes, basil, salt, and pepper.
• Cook the pasta according to the packet's instructions. Drain and reserve about 1/3 cup of the cooking water.
• Add about ¼ - 1/3 cup of the reserved pasta cooking water to the sauce if it is too thick. Mix with pasta and serve immediately.

SPICY GREEN TOMATO SALSA

Steps:

• Combine green tomatoes, onions, jalapeno peppers, serrano peppers, and red bell pepper in a large bowl.
• Mix cilantro, sugar, garlic, oregano, and cayenne pepper together in a small bowl.
• Fill a blender with about 2 cups tomato mixture, 1 teaspoon lime juice, and 1/4 of the spice mixture; blend to desired consistency and pour into a large bowl. Repeat blending with remaining tomato mixture, lime juice, and spice mixture, working in batches, until all ingredients are blended. Stir vinegar into salsa.

GREEN TOMATO CHILI SAUCE RECIPE

Steps:

• While chopping your tomatoes up make sure to discard any imperfections on their skin or interiors. Place all the chopped tomatoes, onion, capsicum, ginger, garlic and chili along with the sugar and vinegar into a large stock pot. Wrap bayleaves, cloves, cinnamon and peppercorns into a piece of muslin and place into the pot.
• Bring the pot to a boil over a high heat and then reduce to a steady simmer. Allow the mixture to simmer for 30minutes while stirring every 5-8minutes. Towards the end of cooking you will need to stir more frequently to stop it from sticking to the bottom of the pan. It will reduce by a third, once there is no watery liquid sitting on top of the mixture remove the muslin of herbs and spices from the mixture.
• Remove the pan from the heat and using a stick blender wizz the mixture until it becomes smooth. Return it to a low heat and check that there is no water coming to the surface of the mixture, do this for only a few minutes. You do not want any water in your tomato sauce as it will spoil sooner.
• Pour the mixture into sterilised bottles. It will keep in a cool and dark place for six months.

GREEN TOMATO ENCHILADA SAUCE

Steps:

• Saute the onion and garlic in oil in a saucepan until the onions soften.
• Add the remaining ingredients.
• Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer about 25 minutes or until tomatoes are soft.
• Puree with a stick blender, or allow to cool down and puree in a food processor or blender.
• Take the meat off a rotisserie chicken and shred with your fingers.
• Toss with about a cup of the enchilada sauce.
• Heat about half inch oil in a skillet and briefly fry the corn tortillas a few seconds to soften.
• Fill with meat mix, roll up, and place seam side down in a baking pan that has a layer of sauce in the bottom.
• Top with shredded cheese (cheddar or Oaxaca Mexican melting cheese) and bake at 375F for about 10-15 minutes to melt the cheese.
• This uses about half the sauce (one quart) on a pan of 6-8. You can feel free to make another pan or freeze the rest in a ziploc.
• You can freeze extra chicken, or I used the extra meat rolled into flour tortillas and fried as flautas, which I served with freezer guacamole, sour cream, and salsa.

GREEN TOMATO PASTA SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°F.
• Spray a large shallow baking dish with cooking oil. Lay the tomatoes in the dish and season with salt and pepper. Drizzle with the olive. Bake uncovered until tomatoes soften somewhat, about 25 minutes.
• In a mini food processor, chop the garlic and basil together. Sprinkle the garlic/basil on top of the tomatoes. Cover with foil and bake until soft and lightly carmelized, another 25 minutes. Remove from oven and place in a food processor or blender. Pulse a few times, but leave the sauce chunky. Put in sauce pan to reheat and add cooked chicken if desired.
• Serve over hot cooked pasta and top with freshly grated Parmesan.