Sweet And Spicy Hot Pepper Relish Recipe

How to make it

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• Remove stems, membranes and seeds from peppers. Chop peppers in water in blender.
• Boil 1-2 gallons of water.
• This is one of those times where you need to have an ear to hear the moment that the peppers are chopped correctly. If you know what this is like, help someone else understand. Here is what I find myself doing for the peppers, onions and carrots (they all have a different sound, but similar process)
• Put peppers in blender, don't pack too full, fill blender with water, 3/4 full in blender basin. Pulse for one second, (noticing the sound) one, two, three, up to ten times, there will be a noticeable change in the sound of the blender, a deeper, lower tone will result as the water in the basin is able to fully circulate, start pulsing longer around ten to fifteen pulses in, by the time you have the whole basin chopped, swirling in the water you might be up to twenty pulses, maybe more, maybe less.
• This pulsing method works for the onions and carrots too. The sound is different, but the process the same. Reserve the water after chopping, straining and then loading up the basin again, pouring the water over the top to 3/4 full. Some peppers will give back more water, onions and carrots absorb some, depending on style and freshness.
• Place onions and peppers in a large non-reactive kettle (stainless steel or such, not aluminum) add salt and cover with boiling water. Let sit for ten minutes. Strain, draining water, return to kettle adding carrots, pineapple and garlic.
• Dissolve brown sugar in vinegar, occasionally I start with a few cups of vinegar and a few cups of brown sugar and dissolve first, adding this to the kettle. I will then add cider vinegar until just covering or filling in the gaps of the pepper, onion, carrot, pineapple, garlic mixture. Apply heat and bring to boil, reduce heat to simmer. Taste for sweetness. Adjust accordingly.
• Can accordingly, processing in boiling water for fifteen minutes. If you don't know how to can, there are some easy instructional websites for you out there.
• We now make this recipe in the tremendously large batch program, canning three gallons at a time. 3/4s of a bushel of hot peppers which takes two to three hours of careful halving and seeding. Have fun.