What are you canning now?

[Buck Creek Chickens]

I'm working on Plums,

Spiced Plum butter, or
Done ,Plum Amaretto Jam, or
Plum Conserve with Maple Syrup, or
Plum and Crabapple Jam, or
Done, Autumn Fruit Jam

Then christmas salsa

 

[Dragonfly Ranch]

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What is Christmas salsa? Always looking for new ideas

Sandee

 

[Dragonfly Ranch]

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Very pretty - I just love when people post pictures it is so inspiring. Makes me want to ditch work and go home and can something.

Sandee

 

[wegotchickens]

Mom has been staying with us for the past few weeks, and is excited about the bread-in-a-jar recipes. She'd never heard of that! When she gets home she's going to dig out her widemouth jars and do a test batch.

 

[Patchesnposies]

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What is Christmas salsa? Always looking for new ideas

Sandee

Yes, please post about Christmas Salsa. It sounds interesting. I also want the info on Banana Jam. Is there a post with the recipe on here? Anyone know the number?

Thanks!

 

[ozark hen]

Thanks for the compliments. Here is the recipe I got from Scoop!
"Banana Jam:
4 cups bananas 1/2 cup lemon juice
1 box fruit pectin 1/2 tsp butter or margarine
6 cups sugar measured into seperate bowl
Prepare canner. Mash bananas and put them in a saucepot. Stir in lemon and pectin. Add butter, if desired. Bring to a full rolling boil (and boy is that messy!)Stir in all sugar quickly. Return to full rolling boil and boil exactly 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and skim off any foam with a metal spoon. Ladle quickly into prepared jars, filling to within 1/8 inch. Wipe jar rims and threads. Cover with two-piece lids. Screw bands tightly. Place jars on elevated rack in canner. Lower rack into canner. Process 5 minutes. I cut my sugar to 1 cup and it still tastes great. I used the pressure canner to process. I just put about 2 inches of water in the bottom of it and processed it for 5 minutes after I had steam coming out of the vent."
Now I made mine with the exact amount of sugar and water-bathed it for ten minutes. I also added two teaspoons of brandy extract to the mixture when I removed it from the stove, just before filling my jars. YUM!!! My dh thinks it is totally amazing! He had some over vanilla ice cream while still warm.

Oh, at first I thought I had copied the amount of lemon juice wrong and that is was too much but it is perfect. Keeps the pretty yellow color, too.

 

[Patchesnposies]

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Ooooooooooooohhhhh! It sounds so scrumdiddlyumptious! I can't wait to make some. Thanks!

 

[ozark hen]

Yes, I got the bananas over the past weekend. I cut out a couple bruised spots, one of our dogs loves bananas.
You could use this for fresh toast or whatever. Dh said, "oh, this is so rich." so he liked it.

Why didn't someone call me out on the "fresh" toast? FRENCH TOAST. LOL

 

[Dragonfly Ranch]

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My mom had never heard of them either. Somewhere I read in the instructions to remove one jar at a time from the oven to apply the lid and screw band. I can get 16 in my oven at one time and did not use cookie sheet to help with even heat distribution.

The other thing to be aware of - you can't stop eating once you start and next thing you know the whole jar is gone. Just ask my husband, he fell victim to this Monday night.

Sandee

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

Christmas Salsa

20 lbs Tomatoes
24 assorted hot peppers (habanero,anaheim, cayenne,jalapeno, etc...)
6 med onions
12 tomatillos
4 cloves garlic
4 TBSP salt
1 cup vinegar ( I use cider )
3/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup maple syrup
1/2 cup each Fresh basil, cilantro, & flat leaf parsley, (you need 3/4 cup total of herbs, I use less cilantro)

Skin,core and seed tomatoes, chop finely transfer to a large colander, trim tops off peppers and seed (your choice), chop coarsely add to tomatoes. chop onions,garlic and tomatillos finely, add to tomatoes and peppers. Stir in salt and allow to sit and drain for 2 to 3 hours (I've done over night).( if i plan on an over night drain I add a bit more salt, you are cureing the tomatoes)

After draining, stir, add oil, vinegar, maple syrup, and herbs. Transfer to large pot and cook over medium heat until it bubbles. Enjoy fresh or pack into hot sterilized jars and process for canning

I call it Christmas salsa because it tastes better if you can wait till Christmas, makes you think of summer in a jar