Another Chicago Hot Relish

Total Time: 3 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• 20 ripe tomatoes, peeled and cored
• 7 yellow onions, finely chopped
• 6 green bell peppers, finely chopped
• 6 cups celery, finely chopped
• 12 hot peppers, with seeds, finely chopped
• 5 1/2 cups sugar (may reduce sugar by no more than1 cup)
• 3 cups vinegar
• 2 tablespoons salt

Recipe

• 1 pulse and chop tomatoes, onions, bell peppers, celery, and hot peppers in a food processor.
• 2 pour mixture into large non-reactive pot.
• 3 add sugar, vinegar and salt, mix together.
• 4 bring mixture to a boil; reduce heat immediately.
• 5 simmer until mixture is thick, dark and glossy; this may take a few hours. pour mixture into 14 to 16, 8 ounce, washed, sterile, hot jars, about 1/4 inch from top of jar.
• 6 top cleaned rim of jars with hot sterile lids.