Wednesday, September 14, 2016 | By: Anita

#salsa

Spent the day yesterday, with my girl, her friend and possibly the two cutest wee “helpers” ever, and made our famous salsa.

8 hours, 12 batches, 52 jars… no wonder I’m tired!

Our recipe:

8 cups peeled, chopped tomatoes (scald in boiling water for 10 seconds, put in cold water and peel)
1 cup each of green and yellow pepper
6 jalapeño peppers, no seeds
2 jalapeño peppers with seeds (Remember that if you use habanera peppers, you will not need as many hot peppers) 
2 cups chopped cooking onion
3 – 4 cloves of minced garlic
Mix together and add
¾ cup vinegar
2 tbsps salt 
2 tbsps basil 
¾ tsp pepper
¾ tbsp sugar (optional)
1 tsp parsley
Combine and cook uncovered for 1 – 1 ½ hours until thickened. Remove from heat and stir in 2 small tins of tomato paste. Pour in jars and seal.

So looking forward to enjoying this deliciousness all winter long.


Take Care

2 comments:

Anneliese said...

A very similar recipe has become our favorite salsa. I have stopped canning becasue we love the fresh ... and maybe because it's a good excuse.

krystle ann-marie said...

Delish! Now come & collect your jars! I'm thinking I'm going to have some chips & salsa with guac tonight.