Hot from the oven. I added jalapenos and fresh corn to the recipe. Could of had more tomatoes, jalapenos and corn. Fried Green Tomato Cornbread 2 cups diced green tomatoes 1/2 cup sugar, divided 1/2 cup butter, melted and divided 2 cups self-rising cornmeal 2 tsp. lemon zest 5 eggs 16 oz. sour cream Preheat oven 450* Grease pan. Saute tomatoes with 2 TBS. sugar and 2 TBS. melted butter, until tomatoes begin to caramelize and turn light brown. Stir together cornmeal, lemon zest and remaining 6 TBS. sugar. Whisk together eggs, sour cream and remaining 6 TBS. butter. Add to cornmeal mixture, stirring just until moistened. Fold in tomatoes.(jalapenos, corn) Bake at 450* 15 - 17 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. It's very moist. ( photo / image / picture from Donna S's Garden )
Donna, I have come to find that most people have no idea what "fried green tomatoes" are and really aren't interested in expanding their palate. I do grow a variety of tomatoes called "Fried Green Tomatoes" and I bet they would be very good in this recipe, too. They hold their shape without getting all mushy. Last year I also made green tomato salsa. It is much better than red tomato salsa...
Carolyn, I'm growing green zebras this year just for fried toms and salsa. They are good but a little to small. Next year I will try another one.
Donna, Try the "Green Fried Tomatoes" from totally tomatoes next year. They are great for frying up. they don't turn red. They stay green and very solid. Eventually they turn to yellow, but that takes forever. I had them sitting on my curio cabinet for months a few years ago. they never rotted just turned yellow. I finally tossed them because we weren't in the mood for fried green tomatoes in December (and I felt so guilty doing it). I agree, green zebras aren't very big, nor do they have the right texture for salsa unless you are making a smooth salsa in the blender. I used just green tomatoes last year for salsa and they worked just fine. I really think that "green when ripe" tomatoes won't be what you want for salsa. They will be too sweet and too soft.
