Sweet Tomato Preserve

Origin: Florence, Italy

Source: Pellegrino Artusi, 1891

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Peel very ripe round tomatoes in hot water, halve them, and remove the seeds.
  2. Dissolve the sugar in a little water, then add the tomatoes, lemon juice, and grated peel.
  3. Boil slowly uncovered, stirring and removing stray seeds.
  4. Scent with vanilla sugar and cook to the consistency of a common preserve. Make a double batch as it shrinks.

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