Green Tomato Preserve Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. (4 small) tomatoes
4 slices lemon
small piece ginger
1 3/4 c. sugar
3/4 c. water
1 unbaked 8-inch pie shell

Preparation

Wash
firm
green
tomatoes;
skin
if\tdesired.
Slice tomatoes 1/4
inch\tthick.\tTo
make
tomatoes
crispier, soak overnight in lime
water.
Boil
lemon
slices gently in water for 10 to
15
minutes.
Remove lemons, make syrup with liquid and sugar.
Add
tomatoes, ginger and cooked lemon rind.
Boil rapidly until tomatoes are clear and syrup thick;
skim.
Cool quickly and stand
in
syrup to plump.\tPlace preserves in pie shell and bake in a 400\u00b0 oven until pastry is firm.