Annie's Salsa

Here is Sister Mackay's legendary salsa recipe if you didn't get a chance to make it to enrichment last week:

23 - 25 medium tomatoes
3 large onions
2 large green peppers
2 large red peppers
1 jalapeno pepper
1 cup white vinegar
4 tsp black pepper
4 tsp garlic salt
4 tsp salt
3 TB cornstarch
1 12-oz can of tomato paste

1 Blanch and peel tomatoes.

2 Cut and squeeze most of the juice out, this will make it thicker

3 Chop onions, peppers and remove the seeds from the jalapeno.

4 Add all this plus the other ingredients to an 8 qt pot, stirring often so it doesn't burn, until vegies are soft, about 20 minutes.

5 Blend in a blender or use a stick blender which is a very handy gadget to have.

6 Pour into pint jars.

7 Process in a hot water bath, boiling for 20 minutes.


P.S. Annie taught us that blanching means you put them in boiling water for a few minutes (just until the skin starts to crack). The skin comes right off after this! It's amazing!
PPS. You can also try blanching brocolli if you want it to look really green. Interesting fact of the day.