Mom Barbaras Pepper Relish Recipes

PEPPER ONION RELISH

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a nonreactive pot. Bring mixture to a simmer, and simmer until it is thick, about 30 minutes.
• Ladle the relish into sterile pint or half-pint jars, leaving 1/4 inch headspace. Close the jars with hot 2-piece caps, and process the jars for 10 minutes in a boiling water bath.
• Store the cooled jars in a cool, dry place.

SWEET AND SPICY PEPPER RELISH

Steps:

• Wearing rubber or latex gloves, trim tops off chiles. Working in batches, pulse chiles, bell peppers, and onion in a food processor until chopped into fine bits, about 1 minute per batch. Transfer to a nonreactive 3-quart pot.
• Stir sugar, vinegar, and salt into chile mixture and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium and simmer, stirring more frequently toward end of cooking to prevent scorching, until thickened, 20 to 30 minutes.
• Pour or ladle relish into clean, wide-mouth, half-pint jars, leaving 1/2 inch headspace. Wipe rims clean with a damp paper towel. Let cool to room temperature, about 1 hour.
• Apply clean lids. Enjoy immediately, store in fridge 2 to 3 weeks, or freeze up to 6 months.

PEPPER RELISH

Steps:

• Combine chopped peppers and salt in a large bowl. Let stand two hours. Drain.
• Combine sugar, vinegar, and mustard seed in a large saucepot. Cut two slits in the two additional jalapeno peppers and add to vinegar mixture. Bring to boil.
• Reduce heat and add vegetables, simmering 10 minutes.
• Remove whole jalapeno peppers. Pack hot relish into clean jars, leaving ¼-inich head space. Adjust two-piece caps.
• Process 10 minutes in a boiling-water canner.

GRANDMA'S PEPPER RELISH

Steps:

• 1. Getting ready to make relish - You will need a 9x12 pan to put under food chopper to catch veggies as they come out of food chopper. Use the coarse blade of the food chopper. Also get a large pan to heat veggies & vinegar on the stove.
• 2. Wash peppers, take seeds out. Cut into small wedges.
• 3. Cut onion into eighths. Put both through food chopper. Then scald with boiling water & drain. Then heat vinegar, sugar, salt & celery seed. Add Pepper & onion mixture. Let come to a boil & put in jars. Use canning method to seal in mason jars.
• 4. Finished product after peppers and onions have gone through the food chopper

AUTUMN PEPPER RELISH

Steps:

• Seed and coarsely chop peppers. Peel and cut apples, pears and onion into 1-in. pieces. Pulse in batches in a food processor until finely chopped. Transfer to a large bowl; sprinkle with salt and toss. Let stand 6 hours. Rinse and drain well; blot dry with paper towels., In a Dutch oven, combine drained pepper mixture, vinegar, sugars and fennel seed; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 40-45 minutes or until slightly thickened., Carefully ladle hot mixture into 8 hot half-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.