Delicious Tomato Salsa (recipe For Canning)

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 14 cups roma tomatoes, chopped (you can substitute 'standard' tomatoes, but they will be juicier)
• 3 cups onions, chopped
• 1/2 cup jalapeno pepper (chopped or minced)
• 1 cup green pepper, chopped
• 1/2 cup vinegar
• 1/2 cup tomato sauce
• 3 tablespoons salt
• 1 tablespoon chili powder
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cumin
• 5 tablespoons clear jel, that will not break down in high heat during processing. don't substitute (clear jel is a modified food starch (powdered form)
• 5 garlic cloves, peeled and minced (optional)

Recipe

• 1 wash tomatoes and dip in boiling water for 30 to 60 seconds or until skins split.
• 2 dip in cold water, slip off skins, and remove cores.
• 3 chop all the vegetables and place them into a large saucepan.
• 4 stir in next six ingredients.
• 5 mix clearjel with a little water until smooth; add slowly to chopped vegetables.
• 6 heat to boil and simmer 10 minutes.
• 7 fill jars, leaving 1/2-inch headspace.
• 8 place lids, screw on bands fingertip-tight and process in a boiling water bath for 15 minutes at up to 1000 feet in elevation; 20 minutes up to 6000 feet in elevation and 25 minutes over 6000 feet.