Brett - here is my family's recipe:
Equal amounts of tomatoes and sugar - but not more than 4-5 cups of each per batch. One medium size lemon sliced very very thin. Mush up with a potato masher. I actually let the mixture sit for several hours so the sugar dissolves. This is a very forgiving recipe.
Cook slowly to begin with and keep cooking until the mixture becomes shiney and thicker. These will never be thick jam-like but somewhat runny and the stickest substance around. It is ok if you need to leave and do something else - just turn off the stove and then bring back to boil the next morning. This takes quite a number of hours but the more cooking, the more tomato flavor.
I believe there are several threads with similar recipes on this site. Piegirl
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