Fire Balls

Name: Fire Balls
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 quarts
Ingredients: 14 lbs small green cherry tomatoes; 4 cloves garlic; 4 stalks celery; 4 hot red peppers; 4 heads dill; 1 quart water; 1/2 cup pickling salt; 2 quarts white vinegar

Submitted by Diana Adcock

"This recipe is from Maggie Hennessey's book A taste of West Virgina: A book of favorite recipes. So many people were requesting recipes for canning cherry tomatoes that when I found this I wanted to share it. Let me know how it comes out-I think it looks very tasty."

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photo by Antifreesz

Ready In:: 30mins
Ingredients:: 8
Yields:: 4 quarts

ingredients

14 lbs small green cherry tomatoes
4 cloves garlic
4 stalks celery
4 hot red peppers
4 heads dill
1 quart water
¹⁄₂ cup pickling salt
2 quarts white vinegar

directions

Pack 3 1/2 pounds of cherry tomatoes in each of the clean, hot jars.
To each quart jar add a clove of garlic, a celery stalk, a hot red pepper, and a head of dill.
Combine water, pickling salt and vinegar.
Boil.
Fill jars to 1/2 inch head space from top.
Process 10 minutes in boiling water bath.
Makes 4 quarts.

Questions & Replies

How long to you keep these before opening?

Lou B.

Reviews

The Fire Balls are wonderful. What a great way to use up those green tomatoes at the end of the season.I will definately be making more of them next year & the recipe is being passed on to my friends who think they are wonderful too.GOOD JOB.

Suzanne Rivera
Have been giving away jars of these like wildfire-everybody wants one, even the ones who don't like tomatoes. Can't keep up production!!

Nancy Ward
Rose R red,Tomatoes too... Sometimes green but Never blue So here's what to do When summer is through ;)

Antifreesz
These are great! I didn't expect to enjoy them as much as I do, since the texture is quite a bit softer than most of my preferred pickles. However, when eaten as a side to fish, meat, or a cheese tray - rather than out of hand - they're wonderful. I'll be making these again next season. Thanks for the recipe!

Lumberjackie
Maggie gave me a taste of these delicious tomatoes about 30 years ago. Though I've never made them, I've often talked about how good they are! This year, I plan to make a small batch with green grape tomatoes. I'll keep you posted! Thank you so much for posting this recipe!!! Maggie is a wonderful lady!!!

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