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Salsa experiments

20 years ago

I have a lot of peppers in my garden - anaheims, jalapenos, serranos, habeneros, poblanos, red chiles, and bells (green, yellow, red). I also still have a lot of frozen peppers from last year's harvest. So I am looking at other ways to preserve my peppers. I do like the marinated peppers that Linda Lou posted, I've made it with anaheims and will probably make it with some of the other varieties. But we really like salsa. I've made several batches of Annie's salsa with various peppers, now I'm looking at some recipes I've used for fresh salsas and wondering if I can can any of them or make adjustments so that I can can them. I will write the recipes as I usually make them, then the ideas I have about how to can them, please comment!

1. Roasted Serrano Salsa

6 serrano chiles

1 pound Roma tomatoes, diced

2 tbl minced red onion

1/4 cup fresh orange juice

2 tbls yellow pepper diced

2 tbl minced cilantro

1 tbl rice vinegar

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp sugar

I am not sure of the conversion of pounds of tomatoes to cups of tomatoes, but I was thinking that maybe if I have a ratio of 2 cups tomatoes, 1 cup onion and chiles together, and 1/4 cup lime juice/vinegar (instead of orange) it would work? My reasoning is simply that that is the ratio in Annie's salsa...

2. Poblano Salsa

6 tbl pine nuts (roasted)

6 medium poblanos, roasted and peeled

1 small clove garlic

4-6 tbl olive oil

1 bunch cilantro

sea salt to taste

juice of 1-2 Mexican limes

1 large sweet red pepper, roasted, peeled, seeded, diced

I am doubtful if i can can this one. I don't mind leaving out the olive oil, but how much lime juice would it take to make this okay? Do you think it would freeze okay?

I've made jalapeno jelly - has anyone made it with other peppers? Any other ideas for recipes that feature one or more of these pepper types?

Thanks so much.

Ann

Comments (4)

  • 20 years ago

    Ooops and I meant to add... I was also thinking of doing a batch of Annie's salsa using only roasted poblanos, what do you think?

  • 20 years ago

    Annie's Salsa using the roasted poblanos sounds good. I'd go for it and lable the jars accordingly. I made both of these recipes from small batch preserving this year. I don't see any reason why you couldn't double them or more.

    Fire Roasted Pickled Sweet Red Peppers (I think you could subsitute another kind)
    6 - 8 small sweet red peppers (about 2 lb)
    1 large clove garlic, unpeeled
    1/2 cup dry white wine
    1/2 cup white vinegar
    1/4 cup cider vinegar
    1/2 cup coarsely chopped onion
    2 T granulated sugar
    1/2 tbsp organo leaves, or 1 tbsp fresh
    1 tsp pickling salt

    1. Roast peppers and garlic on the bbq grill or on a rack under the broiler until skins are blistered and starting to blacken. Place peppers in a paper bag until cool enough to handle; set garlic aside. When peppers are cool, remove skins, cores and seeds. But lenghtwise into strips about 1 inch wide, set aside.
    2. Combine wine, vinegars, onion, sugar, oregano and salt in a small stainless steel or enamel saucepan. Squeeze roasted garlic to remove the skin, mash and add to saucepan. Bring mixture to a boil over high heat, reduce heat and boil gently for 5 minutes.
    3. Remove hot jars from canner and pack peppers into jars within 3/4 inch of top rim, being careful to not pack too tightly. Pour boiling vinegar mixture including onion to within 1/2 inch of rim. Process 15 minutes for half-pint and pint jars.
    Makes 4 half-pint jars

    Fiery Yello Pepper Salsa
    The salsa has lots of heat. If you don't like your salsa this hot, use more sweet pepper in place of the hot ones. Just don't change the total amount of peppers.
    2 cups chopped sweet yellow pepper
    2 cups chopped peeled ripe tomatoes
    1/2 cup finely chopped red onion
    1/4 cup finely chopped hot yellow pepper
    1/4 cup finely chopped jalapeno pepper
    2 large cloves garlic
    1/4 cup lime juice (bottled)
    2 tbsp white vinegar
    1/2 tsp pickling salt
    2 tbsp finely chopped fresh cilantro

    1. Combine everything except cilantro in a medium stainless steel or enamel saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat, reduce heat and boil gently, uncovered, for about 15 minutes or until mixture is thickened, stirring frequently. Stir in cilantro and cook for 2 minutes.
    2. Remove hot jars from canner and ladle salsa into jars to within 1/2 half of rim. Process 20 minutes for half-pin and pint jars.

    She also has recipes for "Multi-colored ginger pickled peppers", "pickled jalapeno peppers", and "Green and Red Pepper Relish".

  • 20 years ago

    I just made the pomona red pepper jelly recipe with red jalapenos, serranos, godfather and bell red peppers. It turned out great and all of the red made it really pretty. I think I'll try the yellow salsa recipe tomorrow. Thanks!

  • 20 years ago

    Here's my favorite salsa, if you'd like to try it. It is mild and uses mostly bell peppers though.

    12 cups seeded diced tomatoes
    4 cups diced green peppers + 3 minced jalapenos (seeds and ribs removed)
    2 cups diced onions
    1 cup 5% vinegar (standard clear, colorless stuff in the bottle)
    4 tablespoons lime juice (fresh)
    2 tablespoons cilantro (fresh, minced)
    8 garlic cloves put through a garlic press
    4 teaspoons canning salt
    Mixed all ingredients. Brought to a simmer on the stove for 20 min. and canned in pint jars with 2 piece lids at 10 lbs. pressure for 35 min.

    I got the blessing for it from the Michigan Univ. extension. The pressure canning doesn't seem to detract from the texture.

    Cindy