Chipotle Salsa (For Canning) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

8 cups roma tomatoes
4 cups sweet peppers, chopped
2 cups onions, minced
4 garlic cloves
1 hot pepper (such as jalepeno)
1 -2 tablespoon chipotle pepper, pureed
3/4 cup cider vinegar
1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
2 teaspoons paprika
16 ounces tomato paste
1/4 cup cilantro, copped

Preparation

Blanch the tomatoes, remove the skin, and then chop. Measure 8 cups.
Mix all ingredients except the cilantro in a large pot and simmer until desired thickness is reached, approximately 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Ad the cilantro just before you are ready to pour into jars.
Fill into hot, sterilized pint jars and top with hot, sterilized canning lids. I do not process in a canner and have never had a problem, but you may process in a hot-water-bath canner at this point for 20 minutes if you are concerned about food safety.
If you buy a half-bushel of tomatoes and adjust the rest of the ingredients accordingly you get about 6 batches and 36 pints.