Mum’s Tomato Relish

July 8, 2016
Tomato Relish

Ever wanted to make your own homemade relish!? Well, here’s your chance!

Last week I got a bunch of free organic seconds tomatoes, and I thought for a moment – what could I make with all these? Then, I thought – relish! I love relish, and I’ve often thought I must give it a go. So, I messaged my Mum to see if she had a good recipe. Lucky for me, she promptly sent one back and here it is! I have modified it a bit, though I know you will be thrilled by Mum’s Tomato Relish! – we certainly were!

Tomato Relish

This recipe does take a bit of time, and you have to do a little bit of pre-preparation (like soaking the tomatoes and onion), but it’s so worth it, and there’s something so satisfying about making your own preserves. Not to mention the large yield this recipe creates that will last a good amount of time.

Tomato Relish

I really love making preserves or pickles around Christmas time and gifting them to my friends and family. There’s a certain joy of gifting people with handmade goodies. I always find it so lovely when someone’s gone to that extra special effort to make you something handmade.

Tomato Relish

Mum’s Tomato Relish compliments so many things!  – Burgers for instance. Savoury Turnovers too. Also, Vegan sausages, sausage rolls, etc. It’s amazing on crackers with some vegan cheese! It keeps for a long time if stored in air tight jars and decorates your shelf or cupboard with that beautiful home made feel.

If you’re reading this Mum – Thank You for the recipe for this Mum’s Tomato Relish! Love you!!

Tomato Relish

 

This recipe pairs perfectly with our Pecan and Mushroom Wellington! I urge you to give it a go! So delicious!

Please share this with your relish loving friends and family!

Note: Originally this recipe had said to drain the salty liquid from the tomatoes and onion after you soak it. I have now updated the recipe to rinse them as some people have found the end result of the relish to be too salty for their liking.

Mum's Tomato Relish
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
1 hr 30 mins
Total Time
1 hr 50 mins
 
This Mum's Tomato Relish is a great condiment to add flavour to so many savoury dishes. It's great as a gift giving idea too!
Servings: 3 jars
Ingredients
  • 1.5 kilos tomatoes peeled and chopped
  • 4 onions peeled and chopped
  • 1/2 cup salt
  • 2 cups malt vinegar
  • 2 cups Brown sugar firmly packed
  • 2 fresh chillies finely chopped
  • 1 TBsp fresh ginger chopped
  • 2 TBsp plain flour
  • 1 TBsp curry powder
  • 1 TBsp seeded mustard
Instructions
  1. Put chopped tomato and onion in a large bowl and cover with the salt (I used murray river salt flakes for this). Leave overnight or for 6-8 hours at room temperature

  2. Rinse the tomatoes and onion well and then place the tomato mixture into a saucepan with 1 cup of the malt vinegar. Bring to the boil and then reduce to low and simmer for 30 minutes

  3. Add sugar, ginger and chilli and then simmer, stirring occasionally for 1 hour
  4. Mix flour, curry powder and seeded mustard with remaining cup of vinegar and stir into mixture. Cook for 3-4 minutes until thickened. Pour the relish into sterilised jars. Store in your pantry or gift them to loved ones! Once open store in the refridgerator.

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  • Karen July 9, 2016 at 10:17 pm

    Thanks Katie. I love this. All fresh ingredients. What can I use instead of flour that’s grain free?

    PS. Thanks Mum! ?

    • admin July 11, 2016 at 4:40 pm

      Hi Karen! Glad you love it! You could try amaranth flour, buckwheat flour, or maybe even chickpea or coconut flour! Let me know how you go if you do try any of these! ?

  • Meg February 27, 2018 at 6:00 am

    You use half the stated quantity of salt, what happens to the remainder? Also I assume the prep time, cook time and total time (4 minutes) is incorrect?

    • Katie February 27, 2018 at 6:18 pm

      Hi Meg, thanks for bringing this to my attention. Seems the recipe has bugged out somehow with the cooking times. As for the salt, not sure how that happened either. You add all the salt in with the tomatoes. I will update the recipe now. Thanks again!