End Of Garden Relish Recipes

END OF THE GARDEN RELISH

Steps:

• Finely chop onions, cabbage, tomatoes, and peppers.
• This can be either with a food processor or with a blender.
• Chunk the vegetables to fill the blender ½ full, then filling with water.
• Combine salt and vegetables in a large pot with enough water to cover and let sit over night.
• Squeeze as much of the water out as possible.
• You can use cheesecloth for this.
• For low sodium version the mixture can be rinsed and drained well.
• Combine sugar, celery seed, vinegar, and water.
• Bring to a boil.
• Add vegetables and food coloring to give it a more appealing appearance.
• Bring to a boil.
• Either continue to slow boil for 15 minutes then add to jars and seal, or add to jars and process using a water bath canner.

END OF GARDEN RELISH

Steps:

• Toss first 5 ingredients; let stand 3 hours. Drain; squeeze and blot dry with paper towels., In a Dutch oven, mix sugar, vinegar, celery seed and mustard seed; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 5 minutes. Add vegetables; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 20 minutes., Ladle hot mixture into hot 1-pint jars, leaving 1/2-in. headspace. Remove air bubbles and adjust headspace, if necessary, by adding hot mixture. Wipe rims. Center lids on jars; screw on bands until fingertip tight., Place jars into canner with simmering water, ensuring that they are completely covered with water. Bring to a boil; process for 20 minutes. Remove jars and cool.

END-OF-SUMMER RELISH

Steps:

• In a food processor, cover and process the vegetables in batches until finely chopped. Drain vegetables and discard liquid., In a stockpot, bring vinegar, sugar, water, salt, mustard seed and celery seed to a boil. Add vegetables; return to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 1 hour or until thickened. Store in airtight containers in the refrigerator up to 1 week. Serve with sausage or other meat.

FRESH GARDEN RELISH

Steps:

• Grind the cabbages, carrots, onions and peppers in a food chopper (I grated), then add salt and let stand 2 hours.
• Place in a colander and drain.
• Wash if mixture is too salty.
• Add the vinegar, sugar, celery seed and mustard seed and stir well.
• Heat and pour into sterilized jars and seal.
• Variation: Instead of carrots, I used grated summer squash, green tomatoes and added 6-8 hot jalapeno peppers.