Thursday's Kitchen Cupboard........10/20/2011

This post went up early since we are on an airplane headed for New Orleans! I will check in and respond later today after we are settled in. Due to our vacation, next Thursday Jody at Spring Garden Acre will be hosting Thursday's Kitchen Cupboard.

 I will try to post a couple of times this week with some happenings and great food from New Orleans!

This past week I confiscated some nice green tomatoes from next door. I used those tomatoes along with some green tomatoes that I had to make this Green Tomato Salsa. Diana at Voice in the Garden, gave me this recipe. Thanks's Diana!! I only made about a 1/4 recipe since I didn't have enough green tomatoes for a whole batch. We were also out of fresh cilantro. So we will just add some when we open a jar.

This Salsa is very good and a nice change from the traditional salsa that I make!

Green Tomato Salsa to Can from Diana's kitchen

•  3 TB Extra Virgin olive oil
• 11 lbs green tomatoes, chopped
• 3 extra large sweet onions, chopped
• 3 sweet red peppers, chopped
• 3 sweet green peppers, chopped
• 4 jalapeño peppers, seeds removed, finely chopped (+/- according to personal taste)
• 8 large garlic cloves, minced
• 1 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
• 2 TB sea salt
• 1/2 TB black pepper
• 1/2 tsp Cayenne pepper (or more to taste)
• 1 tsp Cumin
• 1/4 cup lime juice
• 1/4 cup white vinegar
• 1 TB raw honey

1. Add olive oil to an extra large kettle and heat on medium.
2. Add tomatoes, onions, peppers and stir.
3. Add and combine the remainder of the ingredients. Mix well, heat slowly to simmer, and cook uncovered for 25-30 minutes or until it reaches the consistency you prefer. Stir frequently and be careful of the temperature so as not to burn the mixture.
4. Ladle the hot simmering salsa into hot sterilized pint jars (or quarts), and fill to within 1/2 inch from top.
5. Wipe jar rims with a clean cloth.
6. Place sterilized flat lid on the jar and adjust the ring.
7. Place in a boiling water bath; water should cover the lids by about an inch. Bring the water back to boiling and process for 15-20 minutes.

 I hope that I get to see a lot of goodies posted later today!