The recipe I use calls for green peppers and onions. We have plenty of onions but no green peppers. Lucky for me I dehydrated a bunch the year before. So I opened up my jar of dehydrated bell peppers. The still smell like they are fresh from the garden.
I bring a pot of water to boil and I put one cup of dried peppers in. This will rehydrate to about 2 cups of peppers. Which is what the recipe calls for. I pour in the peppers and take off the heat. Put on a lid and let sit for about an hour. Then drain from the water.
My rehydrated peppers!! I chopped them up even finer in my food processor.
I then took my tomatoes with skins on and chopped in the food processor. I also added onions and put in my stock pot to cook up. I do cheat some and use a seasoning blend that I bought at a local bulk food store. They come in Mild, Medium, and Hot. I like spicy but my family likes mild. So I make the mild salsa. I put the tomatoes, peppers, onions, salsa seasoning, and vinegar in the stock pot. Bring to a boil and add 12 oz of tomato paste. Stir to blend and then put in my pint jars. This salsa is nice and thick and resembles a picante sauce. That is why I love this seasoning mix. I have made salsa from scratch but my family just loves this salsa.
I fill my pint jars leaving 1/2 inch head space. Process them in a boiling water bath for 15 minutes. I got 8 pint jars of my picante style salsa!! Yum!!
2 comments:
We also eat lots of Mexican Food
being in the Southwest its a main
dishes,We'll have to swap some recipe,The Salsa sounds so good yummy, have to try the recipe,I made fresh Salsa kept about a week.. Sharing this with my Sis
she'll love your recipe too..:-)
Big Hugs :-)
Trihs-Ladybug
I love the dried peppers idea. I can't wait to make salsa this fall.
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