Do they really mean you can use green (as in unripe) tomatoes? Is it good? I’m always left with tons of green tomatoes after the first frost, so it would be great to have this as an option, but I am skeptical. Maybe they mean green tomatoes, like the varieties that re green when ripe? Does using unripe tomatoes result in a salsa that actually tastes good? It feels like it would be super acidic with very little tomato flavor. Isn’t salsa verde usually made with tomatillos? Or is this the actual holy grail I’ve been looking for?
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I like the ingredients in it. I make green tomato pickles so i don’t see why you can’t make a green tomato salsa. Green tomato has a green flavour for sure. Salsa verde is normally made with tomatillo but green tomato would have a similar flavour profile in my opinion.
It’s a good recipe. And yes, they mean unripe tomatoes. I found skinning green tomatoes was a pain though. If you’ve never had salsa verde before you’re in for a treat.
I made this last year when we had a bunch of green tomatoes at the end of the season. It is a good recipe.
I made 10 pints of this with the green tomatoes I had at the end of last season. It’s good but imo it’s pretty heavy on the lime flavor. I don’t use it to dip chips in, but it’s great to cook with!
My wife has made a batch of that very recipe from the Ball book, it’s a really good recipe. She’s made with green as well as red tomatoes, the green tomatoes change the flavor slightly, but even with the red tomatoes, the tomato flavor really isn’t that noticeable. It has more of an overall veggie flavor, like a very mile Pico de Gallo does. The first batch I didn’t notice any one vegetable stand out. Also following that exact recipe, it has a really good flavor but isn’t really spicy. It has some zesty qualities the longer it’s eaten, tho up front the majority of what is on tasted is the mixture of the veggies in it. She is making a new batch today with more cilantro and more jalapeños. The receipt as it sits on the page is very mild.
Green tomatoes of any kind can be used, really. Tomatillos are used in tomatillos sauces. In that same Ball book, the next page over has the Tomatillo Salsa recipe which she is making today.