Hot Pepper & Onion Relish

[rjw_hvac_tech]

made 30 pints of pepper & onion relish last night - red, green bell peppers. habinaros, pablanos, yellow wax, hungarian hot, halipenos, biker billys sweet onion mmmmmm goood great on burgers, in chile or straight from the jar .

[mattm]

A recipe would be nice.

[spotts]

I agree wit Mattman!

[key]

I agree wit Mattman!

Yeah!

[rjw_hvac_tech]

PEPPER & ONION RELISH
24 cups chopped green Bell peppers
24 cups chopped Red Bell peppers
12 –16 cups chopped hot peppers (various varieties) to taste
24 cups chopped onions
6 cups vinegar
6 cups sugar
6 tbsp. salt

Cover peppers & onions with boiling water. Let stand 5 minutes, drain. Add rest of ingredients and boil for 5 minutes. Put in jars and seal.

[Green Mountain]

30 pints!!! That ought to last you the winter. Until Thanksgiving anyway.

[rjw_hvac_tech]

cant let any of the produce from the garden go to waste.

[mattm]

Thanks.

[dave and julie]

Is this similar to the Harry and David pepper relish? I love that stuff on steaks or burgers.

[rjw_hvac_tech]

here is a the harry & david one mine is has no tomatoes or pectin which make the harry and david one kinda like a jelly.




HARRY & DAVID Red Pepper Onion Relish

6 cups tomatoes, skinned, diced and drained
6 large red peppers diced (I used multiple colors from garden)
8 cups sugar
2 TBSP salt
2 small boxes pectin
3 cups white vinegar
1 tsp ground red pepper
2 jalapenos seeded and diced
3 large onions diced

1. Mix all ingredients together, except pectin and bring toa boil.
2. Turn down and simmer for 2 - 2 1/2 hours until thickened
3. Whisk in the 2 boxes of pectin and boil for 1 minute.
4. Pour into sterile jars
5. Process in pressure canner at #11 for 15 minutes
Notes

I increased the peppers and the ground red. I actually used scotch hots and it still lost some of the heat in the canning process. This always happens to me! Go ahead and be a little generous on the heat because it seems to leave the product after canning. Also, in using the 8 cups of sugar, you need the hot pepper to balance out the sweet.


I did not pressure can. I water-boiled for 10 minutes. They all set up perfectly.

It was a success. Tasted great, just wish it was a little spicier. I added cayenne to my cream cheese mixture.

[dave and julie]

Hey, thanks a lot! I love that stuff but I don't buy it much cause it is a rip off.