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Tomato and Apple Marmalade

A marmalade of equal parts apples and tomatoes (red or green), sugar and lemon, cooked for about 1¼ hours and put in screw-top jars. From Erken's Stor kokebok (the Big Cookbook, 1949), p. 741.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1949-utg. s. 741 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

The recipe uses both red and green tomatoes, which made it useful late in the season when tomatoes had not had time to ripen.

How to make it

  1. 1

    Prepare the tomatoes

    Pour boiling water over the tomatoes and peel off the skins.

  2. 2

    Prepare the apples

    Peel the apples, remove the cores and cut the apples small.

  3. 3

    Cook the jam

    Cook the tomatoes, apples, lemon and sugar together for about 1¼ hours.

  4. 4

    Fill jars

    Pour the marmalade into screw-top jars.

  5. 5

    Note

    Note: Use clean, scalded jars and store cool.

Changes from the original

"½ lemon, juice and clean peel" is kept. Grams and kilos are unchanged. A final note on jars and storage has been added.

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From1949Modernised
To1949Modernised
1949 (proofread, p. 741) → Modernised~82% of the text changedremovedadded
1 kg. epler kg epler. 1 kg. tomater, røde kg tomater (røde eller grønne grønne). 700 gr. sukker 1/2 sitron, saft g sukker. 0,5 stk sitron (saften og rent skall. Tomatene overhelles skall). Hell kokende vann. Skinnet flåes av, eplene skrelles, vann over tomatene og kjernehuset tas vekk; flå av skinnet.. Skrell eplene, ta ut kjernehusene og del eplene deles smått op. Tomater, opp.. Kok tomater, epler, sitron og sukker kokes sammen i ca. 1 1/4 time. Has 1¼ time.. Hell marmeladen på skrueglass. skrueglass.. Merk: Bruk rene, varmskylte glass og oppbevar kjølig.

Note on Modernised

«1/2 sitron, saft og rent skall» er beholdt. Gram og kilo er uendret. Et siste steg med råd om glass og oppbevaring er lagt til.

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Frequently asked questions

Can I use green tomatoes?
Yes, the book says red or green tomatoes.
How long does the jam cook?
About 1¼ hours.
How do I remove the tomato skins?
Pour boiling water over them and peel off the skins, as the book says.

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