Confetti Cucumber Relish Recipe - Cooking Index
Bright with red and green peppers, this recipe is a good way to use cucumbers that grew too big to pickle.
4 cups | 948ml | To large cucumbers - (to 6) (medium) |
4 cups | 948ml | Sweet red peppers (medium) |
4 cups | 948ml | Green peppers (medium) |
1 cup | 62g / 2.2oz | Chopped onion |
2 teaspoons | 10ml | Turmeric |
1/2 cup | 118ml | Pure granulated salt |
1 tablespoon | 15ml | Mustard seed |
2 teaspoons | 10ml | Whole cloves |
2 | Cinnamon sticks | |
1 | Vinegar | |
1 1/2 cups | 240g / 8.5oz | Brown sugar - (firmly packed) |
Organize ingredients, equipment, and work area. Scrub cucumbers and cut off stem and blossom end. Chop cucumbers. Stem, seed, and chop peppers.
You should have 2 quarts chopped cucumbers and 2 cups of each color of chopped peppers. Combine them with onion in a large mixing bowl; sprinkle the vegetables with turmeric.
Dissolve salt in 2 quarts cold water; pour over vegetables. Let stand for 3 to 4 hours. Drain vegetables thoroughly. Cover them again with cold water and let stand another hour. Drain well.
Tie the spices in a cheesecloth bag and put in a large preserving kettle with the vinegar and sugar. Heat to boiling, then pour over the vegetables. Cover and set aside in a cool place for several hours or overnight.
Slowly heat the vegetables and syrup to boiling, then pack relish into hot jars to within 1/4-inch of tops. Run a slim, non metal tool down along insides of jars to release any air bubbles. Add additional relish, if necessary, to bring to within 1/4-inch of tops.
Wipe tops and threads of the jars with a damp clean cloth. Put on lids and screw bands as manufacturer directs. Process in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes.
This recipe yields 6 pint jars of relish.
Source:
My Front Porch (canning archive) at http://www.flash.net/~tinyt
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