Mama'S Salsa Recipe - cooking recipe

Ingredients

12 cups tomatoes, chopped
5 cups onions, chopped
1/4 cup pickling salt
1 cup vinegar
2 1/4 cups sugar
1 tablespoon red pepper, crushed
3 cups green peppers, chopped
10 garlic cloves, minced
1 (5 1/2 ounce) can tomato paste

Preparation

Sprinkle pickling salt over chopped tomatoes and onions and let stand overnight.
In the morning drain all liquid from the veggies and place the veggies in a large stock pot.
To the pot add the vinegar, sugar and crushed red pepper.
Bring to a boil and boil for 45 minutes.
Add chopped green peppers, minced garlic cloves and tomato paste and boil for 20 minutes.
Pour into hot sterilized jars and place in a hot water bath for 10 minutes.
NOTE: To make Sweet & Hot Salsa I removed all of the garlic cloves, reduced the green peppers to 1 1/2 cups & used 1/2 tablespoon ground (cayenne) red pepper instead of the crushed red pepper. Just a few simple changes but the flavor is amazing!