Recipe 55: Tomato Relish

Definitely one of my favourite relishes so far. I used my home grown chillis and boy, does it give some punch! 

Tomato Relish

makes about 2 litres

2 kg large ripe tomatoes, peeled and sliced
750g onions, peeled and sliced
salt
12 small dried red chillis crushed
2 cups malt vinegar
2 1/4 cup Brown sugar
1 tbsp Curry Powder
1 1/2 tsp Mustard
1 tbsp Flour

METHOD

1. Layer the onion and tomato slices in a bowl, sprinkle with salt and leave over night.
2. Next day, drain and place the vegetables in a saucepan and add chillis and  1 1/2 cups of vinegar. Heat to boiling and boil for 5 minutes.
3. Mix the sugar, curry powder, flour and mustard into a bowl, stir in the remaining 1/2 cup of vinegar to make a smooth paste.
4. Stir the paste into the vegetables, cook for an hour, slowly. Stir often (to stop it from sticking to the bottom).
5. Spoon into hot, clean jars and seal 

Recipe 5: Stopping the hunger pangs - light snack

Driving home today from a Doctors appointment with the little one, a sudden pang of hunger coarsed through my body and the yellow arches of my nemesis shone brightly luring me to have a snack of fatty chips or a cheeseburger. If I hadn't put my wallet in the boot of the car then I may have caved, but I made it home for a quick bite- which turns out, was all I needed!

Tomato & Mozzarella Cruskits

50g grated Mozzarella

1  fresh Tomato

2 Arnotts Cruskits

fresh Basil

1/2 tsp of crushed Garlic 

METHOD

1. Sprinkle a 1/4 tsp of Crushed Garlic on the Cruskits.
2. Add 25g of grated Mozzarella (which is about a small handful) on each Cruskit.
3. Chop up the Tomato and place on the Cruskit
4. Top with Fresh Basil and a touch of salt and pepper