Pepper Relish

Submitted by CindyMarie

"This is a wonderful way to utilize an abundant crop of banana peppers that can be found this time of year. I love pepper jelly, and this has a very similar taste. It is great with cream cheese and crackers! It makes a fun and impressive hors d'oeuvre. We’ve also began using as a condiment on hot dogs, polish sausages, ham sandwiches and more. I’ve caught my fiancé eating it straight from the jar.! It is great with pork chops and I want to try marinating chops in the juice. I made 8 half-pints last year and friends and family requested that I make much more this year. I’ve made four batches so far this season. I adapted this recipe from a pepper relish recipe that was in the Blue Canning Book. The original recipe included apples and cabbage. My version is all peppers and just the right combination of sweet, sour, and hot. It’s just slightly hot."

 

• Ready In: 3hrs
• Ingredients: 9
• Yields: 7-9 half pints
• Serves: 90

ingredients

• 8 cups banana peppers, finely chopped
• 1 green bell pepper, finely chopped
• 1 red bell pepper, finely chopped
• 4 -6 jalapeno peppers, finely chopped
• 2 tablespoons salt
• 3 cups cider vinegar
• 3 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
• 2 whole jalapeno peppers

directions

1. Combine chopped peppers and salt in a large bowl. Let stand two hours. Drain.
2. Combine sugar, vinegar, and mustard seed in a large saucepot. Cut two slits in the two additional jalapeno peppers and add to vinegar mixture. Bring to boil.
3. Reduce heat and add vegetables, simmering 10 minutes.
4. Remove whole jalapeno peppers. Pack hot relish into clean jars, leaving ¼-inich head space. Adjust two-piece caps.
5. Process 10 minutes in a boiling-water canner.

Reviews

[alohahulagirl]

Excellent. Love it on sandwiches and with meats. Looking for an old recipe I had for green pepper slices and they were in a oil based sweet/sour flavored liquid. I canned it in jars and though I got it from the Bell Blue book but cant find the recipe. If anyone has that recipe, please post it. aloha. ck

 

[Lucky in Bayview]

Delicious! I had to use the peppers I had on hand, mostly red, orange and green but it turned out wonderful! And using those peppers it was beautiful. Thanks for sharing the keeper recipe.

 

[Buffycar]

I only used 2 jalapenos and 2 red bell peppers and had to cut it in half but it was delicious! I am eating it on everything and am impatiently waiting for the rest of my banana peppers to get ready!

 

[sues4cy]

Yummy. I took my sister in law's extra banana peppers to make this recipe and then gave them back to her like this as a gift. I'm not sure she'll be sharing with me anymore, instead she'll be making her own relish.

 

[eileenbooz]

I made two batches of this last year and am so happy that my peppers are ready to make another batch this year. We use it on all sandwiches and over cream cheese is our favorite. Makes a great hostess gift.