My family has been making these yummy treat for three generations now. Recipes has been passed on from my mom’s grandmother to my grandmother to my mom and now she passed the recipe to me. I’ve been meaning to give this to my former snack swap partner Jill, who’s also one of the moderators at It’s what we do!, a snack swapping community. She is currently here in the Philippines on business and we are going to meet today. Yay!
I wanted to give her something that she won’t be able to buy or get anywhere else and so I thought of this special treat and asked my mom how to do it.
Ingredients:
First thing you need are 2 ½ kg Tomatoes, of course. Plump and juicy but not too ripe tomatoes.
white sugar (you can use brown sugar but it tends to darken the tomatoes)
water
apog (carbonate) to make it chewy
Directions:
- Boil the tomato in a pot for a few minutes.Just so you can take the skin off, remove the seeds and flatten it out.
- Wash two times with water then drain.
- Fill the same pot with water. Add around ½ cup of Apog.
- Soak tomatoes for about 8 hours.
- Drain and squeeze out excess water.
- Cook in caramelized sugar for a few minutes.
- Let it cool and It’s done.You can put it any clean container and enjoy.
Isn’t this a very unique treat? Best done when tomatoes are in season.
Here it is packed and ready to be given to Jill.If you wanna see how it turned out,click here: The first live snack swap ever?
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28 Responses
sarap naman niyan, ngayon lang ako nakakita at nakaalam na pwede pala i sweetened ang tomato,galing mo ah!
WeekendSnapshot
That's an interesting recipe! I bet they taste heavenly!
Cheers,
Rosa
Oh, I bet these are packed with flavor…they sound so yummy!
looks tempting! pahingi din ako!! i really enjoy your recipes. My WS entry is here http://kcelebration.blogspot.com/search/label/weekend%20snapshot
These look like they would just melt in your mouth! How delicious!
what a cool recipe I wonder how hard it is going to be to find some apog…
hmm….. my gal loves tomatoes very much. If have chance will let her try the sweetened tomatoes. ^-^ Thanks for sharing!
Hmmm… looks so interesting and i wanna try. 😀
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Oh dear, big thanks for sharing the recipe. I love tomatoes and this will definitely give me something new rather than eating them raw or sauteed.
You're so sweet and thoughtful. I'm sure your swap partner would love this.
Such an intriguing recipe.I bet the flavor is wonderful
wow, this looks yummy! and easy to do pa…thanks for sharing!
first time i've seen a caramelized tomato and it looks so good, i wanna try this myself:D
My WS is up too.
it's my first time to see this. sana minsan matikman ko yan.
What an interesting snack item! I've never seen anything like these before!
I've never heard of sweetened tomatoes. Sounds good.
This is new to me, looks nice.
the cutie tomatoes looks so dainty red. ang galing mo naman magluto, Peach! patikim ha. 🙂
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You have the neatest recipes and posts on your blog! Thanks for sharing.
These look so pretty!
Very very interesting, and looks quite delicious. I added you to my blogroll. Thanks for adding me to yours.
I can hardly wait for my own tomatoes to come out of the garden!
This looks delicious.
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I was suspicious at the beginning – but at the end they look yummy. Your site is full of calories! I will dream toasts and cupcakes tonight 🙂
I {heart} tomatoes! That looks like a great treat!
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wow, interesting! kaya lang, d ko ata alam san makabili ng apog….hehehe.
This really sounds like an interesting snack… probably with the sugar my mom couldn't eat them.. diabetic. But, have you ever tried them with sugar substitute?
LOVE tomatoes. This almost sound like it'd taste like candy.
Ooooh sweetened tomatoes?! Those look delicious! I love the packaging!