Sweet Pepper Relish(heinz)

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 6 medium green bell peppers
• 6 medium red bell peppers (or mix and match as needed, yellow and orange peppers are good in here too)
• 3 medium onions
• 2 -4 hot chili peppers (jalapeno, habanero, serrano) (optional)
• 1 1/2 cups apple cider vinegar
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 tablespoon pickling salt
• 1 tablespoon mustard seeds
• 1 tablespoon celery seed
• 2 garlic cloves, minced

Recipe

• 1 wash, core, and seed peppers. in a food processor(or food grinder), grind peppers and onions.
• 2 in a 6-8 quart saucepot, combine vegetables and remaining ingredients, mix well.
• 3 bring to a boil over medium high heat, stirring occasionally. boil 25-30 minutes or until thickened, stirring frequently to prevent sticking.
• 4 note:.
• 5 at this point you may put in containers and refrigerate if not canning. you could probably freeze this, although i have not tried that.
• 6 immediately fill hot pint or half pint jars with mixture, leaving 1/2' headspace.
• 7 carefully run a nonmetallic utensil down inside of jars to remove trapped air bubbles.
• 8 wipe jar tops and threads clean. place lids on jars and screw bands on firmly. process pints or half pints in boiling water canner for 15 minutes.
• 9 makes 3-4 pints or 6-8 half pints.