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While we had the canner out last Friday night, we went ahead and made Tomatillo Salsa again. My first attempt was just so-so. I had used red onions which turned the salsa a funny brown color. I also hadn't carefully read the directions on the recipe. I'd been working with tomatoes that you quarter and break down, so I quartered the tomatillos. Unfortunately they didn't break down very much and stayed in these pieces that are a little big for salsa.
So on the second attempt, my husband chopped the tomatillos in the food processor and we did the same for the onions. We used 3 pounds of tomatillos and ended up with 4 pints of salsa. The salsa is a little lemony because I ran out of lime juice and had to make up the difference with lemon juice to keep the acidity right. I'm sure we'll enjoy it just the same.
You'll find the recipe here.
My canning began this morning with the two large tuperwares of tomatoes that I peeled last night. I cooked them into crushed tomatoes and ended up with 6 quarts processed. The are a little thinner in texture that what we usually use so we'll have to let them simmer a bit when we make them into sauce.
As I peeled the second smaller batch of tomatoes, I debated making them into tomato soup but decided against it. Once the tomatoes were in the pan, and simmering I remembered I had wanted to try making salsa this year. I looked at a recipe from a friend's mother-in-law and a few online and found I had all the ingredients. I used this recipe as a base, mostly because the amount of tomatoes corresponded to what I already had and I knew I had exactly one pound of peppers from my CSA this week. My peppers were red, yellow and almost white so they added a nice color. I used a combination of a red cippollini onion and a sweet yellow onion to make the 1 lb of onion. I ran out to the garden to find 5 jalapenos. It wasn't quite the 1/3 of a pound called for so I added some ground cayenne pepper to increase the heat. From other recipes I read, I added cumin, oregano and sugar. Since I wasn't planning on canning in smaller jars I ended up with odds and ends that were in the cabinet: 2 pint jars and 6 of my 1/2 pint jars, for a total yield of 6 pints. I eat a lot of salsa in a year so I'm glad to have a bit of my own made.
On a roll, I decided to make tomatillo salsa with 2 lbs I ordered from my CSA. I had made some fresh last week and have two pints in the fridge, but wanted to make some to can and keep for later this winter. I found this recipe on the web and went to the store for more hot peppers, cilantro, and other groceries. It made two pints( 1 pint jar and 2 half pint jars). Now it's time to rest my feet after all that time in the kitchen today. Luckily today the weather was rainy and cool so it didn't get to steamy in there.
