Sweet Pickled Cherry Tomatoes

Servings: 6
Ingredients:

4 lb Firm Cherry Tomatoes
3 1/2 lb Sugar
4 c  Water
1 ea Fresh Ginger Root, Grated
2 ea Lemon *
1 t  Pickling Salt

* Use only the juice and grated zest of the 2
lemons.
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~—————– Wash the tomatoes and prick each
one in several places with the tines of a fork.
Dissolve the sugar in the water, birng to a boil and
boil rapidly for 5 minutes. Add the tomatoes and cook
for 10 minutes. Remove the tomatoes and to the syrup
add the ginger root, lemon juice and rind, and salt.
Simmer the syrup for 15 minutes, return the tomatoes
to the syrup and cook about 30 minutes longer, or till
the syrup is thick and the tomatoes are transparent.
Turn into hot jars and seal. Makes about 6 pints.

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