Green Zebra tomato

Tomate Green Zebra

What it is

Tom Wagner crossed four varieties in his garden at Everett, Washington, and listed the result in his Tater-Mater seed catalogue in 1983. Every seed list sells it as an heirloom: it is a deliberate modern cross, bred for skin that will not crack the way its green-when-ripe parent did.

In the kitchen

Judge ripeness by feel, not colour — it stays green, so look for slight give under the thumb and an amber flush at the blossom end. Salt it later than a red tomato: the acidity already pulls water and it goes slack within ten minutes.

Goes with

Olive oil Basil Goat cheese Shallot Sherry vinegar Cucumber Tarragon Fleur de sel de Guérande

Same species

Bintje potato Black Krim tomato Bonnotte de Noirmoutier Chuño Datterino tomato Eggplant

In season alongside

Begonia petals Gooseberry Redcurrant Tomatillo Lingonberry Apple

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