Canning Recipes for Salsa

Even though we all love to have freshly made salsa, canned salsa is a perfect solution to fix meals very quickly. Also, you can consider canning salsa in case you have a bulk of tomatoes and other vegetables in stock.

Canned salsa that you get in the market contains too much of vinegar, which at times, alters the original taste of the sauce. By canning salsa on your own, you can add exact amount of vinegar that is required for the recipes.

Ingredients

• 8 to 10 Roma tomatoes (halved lengthwise)
• 1 jalapeño pepper (halved lengthwise)
• 1 poblano pepper (halved lengthwise)
• ½ cup onion (chopped)
• 2 garlic cloves (minced)
• 2 tablespoons cilantro (chopped)

• 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
• 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
• ¼ teaspoon pepper
• ½ teaspoon fine-grain sea salt
• Salt as per taste

Directions
Preheat oven to 425 °F, and prepare a baking sheet by lining it with aluminum foil. In a saucepan, place the tomatoes, peppers, and garlic.

To this, add the olive oil, and toss well to coat the vegetables. Arrange these oiled ingredients in one layer in a baking sheet. When the roasted vegetables turn lukewarm, add them to a food processor along with cilantro, onion, and lime juice. Blend this mixture until you get a consistently thick, chunky purée.

If you think that the salsa has turned very thick, add some more lemon juice, but not in excess. You can serve it immediately with tacos and tortillas. Or else, pour it into canning jars for storage, and refrigerate. This roasted tomato salsa recipe for canning is suitable for people who are not fond of the vinegar taste.

Ingredients

• 10 cups tomato (coarsely chopped)
• 5 cups bell pepper (seeded and chopped)
• 5 cups onion (chopped)
• 2½ cups hot pepper (seeded and chopped)
• 3 garlic cloves (minced)
• 2 tablespoons cilantro (minced)
• 1¼ cups apple cider vinegar
• 6 ounces tomato paste
• 3 teaspoons salt

Directions
In a large sauce pot, combine all the ingredients together, excluding tomato paste―tomatoes, bell pepper, onion, hot pepper, garlic, cilantro, and vinegar. Turn on the gas burner, and over high heat, bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low, and let the mixture simmer until you get the desired thickness.

Remove the sauce pot off the heat, and add in the tomato paste. Allow the salsa to cool down before pouring in slightly warm canning jars. Place the jars in a hot water bath for 15 minutes, and preserve them in the refrigerator. Other than roasted tomato salsa, you can also make regular canning recipes for tomato salsa without roasting the ingredients.

Based on your personal food choice, you can make mild to very hot salsa by altering the quantity of hot peppers or jalapenos in your recipes.