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Spicy Salsa

August 14, 2012 by kristinjukes 6 Comments

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Summer seems to be slipping away quickly, despite any efforts on my part to hold on to it a bit longer. As much as I love the autumn season, all the changing of the leaves, sweaters and scarves, pumpkin patches, corn mazes, there are a few particular things I will miss about summer. Waking up to the sun already rising, the birds chirping in the morning, the crickets singing in the evening, the warmth of the sun and the bounty of local produce. At summer’s end, once winter has come and settled in, I begin to start longing for the fresh ripe in season produce that summer shares.

Although the daylight is longer during the summer, the days seem to still race by, leaving me an allotted amount of time to preserve food. Currently, my freezer is filled to the brim with fruits, hand picked by my family and vegetables from our garden. How lovely it will be to indulge in them throughout the cold and dark days of winter. But of all of summer’s tucked away treasures in my freezer and pantry, what I truly look forward to savouring every year are canned tomatoes.

When canned, they maintain that summer fresh taste all winter long. No sooner does the first snowflakes fall, when the world has turned to white, I reach into the pantry to grab some summer tomatoes, preserved and waiting for us. Perfectly imperfect, oblong, vibrant red and no longer firm to the touch. Opening a jar of canned salsa is like welcoming summer back into my home even after I’ve said goodbye to it. When the nights are bitter cold, and I cannot wear enough layers to keep warm, this spicy salsa does the trick. Curled up under an enormous pile of blankets, engaged in a book on tape or possibly indulging in a movie, remembering summer and how it always comes back, every year, without fail. (my apologies for speaking such dreadful words such as winter, snow and cold while we’re still in the heat of August, but when it comes to eating locally, one has to not only think seasonally, but also ahead to the coming seasons).

Spicy Salsa
makes 2 500mL jars of salsa
adapted from Ellie Topp’s recipe in Small Batch Preserving

8 roma tomatoes
1 large onion
4 cloves of garlic
5 hot jalapeños
2 small hot peppers (or jalapenos)
1/4 cup cider vinegar
2 teaspoons dried oregano
1  teaspoons salt (or pickling salt)
1 teaspoons clover honey

Rinse and dry tomatoes, slice off the ends and then chop in  half, place them in a food processor on a lower speed and pulse until coarse. Remove, add into a clean, large, heavy bottomed pot.

Chop the onions and garlic, throw them into the food processor.

Now this step is very important, put on some gloves, otherwise your hands will be burning (trust me on this one!). Remove the stems of the hot peppers (remove seeds for a slightly less spicy salsa) and slice them in half, toss them into the food processor along with the garlic and onions. Pulse until fine. Throw into the pot along with the tomatoes.

Pour the cider vinegar and honey into the pot and give everything a good mix. Sprinkle in the oregano and salt, stirring. Place the pot on the stove, bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium and simmer for 15-20 minutes or until the salsa is thickened.

At this point you can ladle into jars to eat within a week, freeze, or can. Personally, I prefer to can the salsa, allowing us enjoy it months later when fresh peppers and tomatoes are not bursting from the garden.
Now that the temperature has dropped here quite a bit, I am gearing up for the return of autumn. I’ve already taken the comfy blankets from the attic down and draped them loosely across the back of our armchair and couch. Nothing like cozying down after a long day with a cup of tea and a blanket. Although, I am not going to wish summer goodbye quite yet… but I get excited about every season, there isn’t a season I don’t love.

Are you a food preserver? What is your tried and true recipes that you stock away for the winter? 

Kristin Jukes blogs at The Seasonal Family about the changes of life as a family from season to season.  After the birth of her and her husband’s first child in 2008, she began to slowly change their families diet to one high in whole foods. With various food allergies, many of the recipes are wheat free, egg free, peanut free and refined sugar free. Now, a mommy of two little ones, her site content continues to expand to homesteading and homeschooling while striving to be a Godly wife and mother.

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  1. Kelsey

    August 20, 2012 at 12:46 pm

    Oh yum! This looks delicious. I’m just getting interested in canning – I canned my first batch of homemade jam last week, and it was very exciting, and addicting. So this fall and winter I will be gathering recipes and canning equipment so that next summer, I’ll be a canning machine. I’m definitely going to try this one! Thanks!

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    • kristinjukes

      August 21, 2012 at 11:16 am

      Kelsey, that sounds great! What type of jam did you make? I love jam in the winter. I’m looking forward to making some sourdough breads and grain free bread to slather mine on. The canning process can seem overwhelming but once you get the hang of it you’ll have so many jars of canned goods you’ll be giving them away as gifts (and they do make fabulous gifts for the holidays!).

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  2. Kristi

    August 20, 2012 at 1:24 pm

    What do you do in the canning process for your salsa?

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    • kristinjukes

      August 21, 2012 at 11:14 am

      While making salsa, put cleaned canning jars in a large canner with water to cover them by at least one inch and bring to a boil. Boil the jars for 10 minutes. If your water is very hard, add a shot of vinegar to the water to prevent lime build-up on the jars. As needed, when salsa is done simmering, carefully lift a sterilized jar from the boiling water bath and empty water back into canner. Fill each jar with salsa, to within 1 cm of the rims. Wipe the rims with a clean paper towel dipped in the boiling water, and seal according the manufacturers directions – i.e by using lids and rims boiled for 5 minutes. Return the jars to the boiling water bath and boil them for 20 minutes, well covered in water. Carefully remove them from the water and set on the counter for at least 24 hours undisturbed. Label jar lids. Will those instructions work? Remember every tool you use has to be cleaned and sterilized so that you do not risk introducing bacteria into the canning process.

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  3. Katie@ Mexican Wildflower

    August 30, 2012 at 6:44 am

    This sounds amazing! I love to make salsa! Your post reminded me that I have tomatoes waiting to be made into salsa today.

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