Victorian Tomato Relish
- 24 tomatoes
- 8 onions
- 3 -4 lebanese cucumbers (or one large burpless cucumber, or a couple of ordinary cucumbers, but, because you need to use the)
- 1 1/2 ounces salt
- 2 lbs sugar (white, brown or half white or half brown)
- 0.5 (1687 ml) bottle malt vinegar or (1687 ml) bottle white distilled vinegar
- 3 tablespoons mustard
- 3 teaspoons cayenne pepper
- 6 tablespoons flour (for thickening)
- 3 tablespoons curry powder (use Clive of India if available)
- Cut up the unskinned tomatoes, onions, and unpeeled cucumbers.
- Sprinkle with all the salt, stir it through, and leave overnight to draw out the liquid.
- Strain off liquid- as much as you can.
- Add sugar and vinegar.
- Boil till tender then add mustard and cayenne pepper (you can vary this according to taste).
- Mix flour and curry powder with extra vinegar and add to cooked tomatoes to thicken.
- Bottle in sterilized jars.
- Cover when cold.
- Can be used immediately and also keeps really well.
tomatoes, onions, salt, sugar, malt vinegar, mustard, cayenne pepper, flour, curry powder
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/victorian-tomato-relish-67219 (may not work)