Canning and hot sauce

sauceJosh decided to make some hot sauce and do some canning of the seasonal vegetables to take back to college. He has a kitchen this year so he plans on cooking for himself and his lucky roommates and friends.  He is quite a good cook.

Here are some photos of his wares.  This is the one recipe that I must make myself!  The only change in the recipe below is he substituted shallots for garlic.  The heat is still on my tongue.

Jalapeño & Tomatillo Hot Sauce

Makes 6 half pint jars

Ingredients

After roasting peppers and tomatillos, total weight should amount to 16 ounces.  If you are a bit short just add a few raw peppers and/or tomatillos to total 16 ounces.

3/4 – 1  pound fresh jalapeños, halved lengthwise (1 1/2 pounds jalapeños if not including tomatillos, for a spicier sauce)

1/2 pound tomatillos, halved

1 cup packed, chopped cilantro, tender stems included

6 large garlic cloves

1 large onion, chopped

6 sprigs fresh oregano about 4 inches each, stems discarded

1 cup fresh lime juice

2 cups white vinegar

1/2 cup filtered water

1 teaspoon pickling salt

2 tablespoons light brown sugar (not packed)

Preparation

Turn oven on to broil. Cover a large jelly roll pan or low sided roasting pan with parchment paper.  Place jalapeños and tomatillos cut side down on the pan.  Broil for about 8 – 10 minutes, or until the peppers and tomatillos are well charred.  Remove pan from the oven and set aside.

Combine lime juice, vinegar, water, salt and brown sugar in a medium bowl and whisk to combine.

Place jalapeños, tomatillos, cilantro, garlic, onions, oregano, and lime juice mixture in a blender.  If your blender is unable to accommodate all of the ingredients, hold back some of the liquid and set aside.  Puree all the ingredients in your blender.  Pour the mixture into a large saucepan (add liquid you set aside earlier) and slowly bring to a boil then simmer covered, for 10 minutes.

Comments (Archived):

  1. awaldstein

    If you don’t mind, what is the large piece of art on the right hand wall?

    1. Gotham Gal

      The blue piece is James Nares. We bought in 1999

      1. awaldstein

        Very nice and don’t know his work.Wish I had more walls or more houses.Thanks!

      2. awaldstein

        Was interesting (talking about scarcity and value and art–which we weren’t!) that I had to change insurance companies a while back and reappraise my small collection and the piece that jumped the most in value wasn’t Donald Sultan or Lichtenstein or Haring but a platinum print by Margaret Bourke White of the Chrysler Building.

        1. Gotham Gal

          you never know!

          1. awaldstein

            yup–i like many new yorkers am seriously in love and in awe of her as not only an artist but as the first women that crashed the ceiling in journalistic photography. so honestly glad to see that.recently came across a photo of her taken by her assistance where she is sitting on the gargoyle outside her studio window in the Chrysler Building. my next present to myself.

  2. Pointsandfigures

    Goes well with beer!