Canning Salsa Basics

That said if you have never canned before i would highly recommend it.

Homemade salsa recipe using cherry tomatoes. Johwannas class will give you the confidence to read and follow salsa canning recipes on your own setting you up for salsa success in the future. You can even make salsa with green tomatoes but for today we will be canning the following delicious salsa recipe. You can reserve this juice for adding to soups or rice or discard it if you like.

This fresh garden salsa is easy to make and the perfect salsa for canning particularly if youre new to cold pack canning for vegetables. This salsa recipe for canning uses 2 12 cups of chopped bell peppers along with 3 4 medium jalapenos. Canning can seem daunting with all the sterilizing boiling and sealing.

Homemade canned salsa. Tis the season for canning. Prepare the tomatoes by washing coring and quartering.

Carefully remove the jars from the canner and pour the water back in. Basic salsa canning preparation. The basics of canning lets start with salsa.

Use a bubble popper or a thin knife to remove any air bubbles and top off the jar if necessary. Total time 6 hrs 55 mins. To get started canning salsa youll need some basic canning supplies including.

Now use a canning funnel so you dont get salsa all over the rims of your jars and fill the hot jars leaving a 12 inch headspace. Basic tomato salsa for canning. If you want more heat then i recommend subbing in some of the chopped bell peppers for spicier peppers.

With your ripe tomatoes you may try your hand at canning them whole making tomato sauce pizza sauce or as in we will learn in this post canning salsa. Prep time 6 hrs 30 mins. Make sure to grab your free printable canning labels at the end of this post.

Not only is it more fun to do with friends but if your a canning novice then it can also be safer. Use a strainer and drain off excess juice. Approximately 7 16 oz pint jars.

Chop in food processor or by hand until they reach your desired level of chunkiness.