Ripe Tomato Marmalade

Photo: flickr user norwichnuts

Ingredients

1 teaspoon ground nutmeg

3 qts. peeled and sliced tomatoes (20 med. tomatoes)

6 cups sugar (5 ½ c. granulated and ½ c. brown)

1 teaspoon salt

2 oranges

2 lemons

2 cups water (to boil lemon and orange rind)

4 sticks cinnamon

2 teaspoons whole cloves

Preparation

Mix tomatoes, sugar, and salt in a large kettle and set aside. Peel oranges and lemons, slicing the peel very thin. Boil the peel in water for 5 minutes and drain. Add peel to tomatoes. Slice the orange and lemon pulp, remove the seeds, and add to tomatoes. Tie cinnamon and cloves in cheese cloth to make a spice bag, and add to tomatoes. Heat tomato mix to a boil. Cook rapidly, stirring almost constantly, until