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Pressure canning salsa #768131
Asked August 19, 2021, 12:10 PM EDT
Sublette County Wyoming
Expert Response
If it helps, this is the working recipe. I may reduce the serannos, increase the jalapeños and increase the tomatillos in subsequent batches.
Don't attempt to can a recipe that hasn't been tested for safety, because food spoilage or a foodborne illness may result. Please use a recipe from below.
Books:
• Ball:
o Ball Blue Book Guide to Preserving, 37th edition, 2020.
o Ball Canning Back to Basics, 2017.
o The All New Ball Book of Canning and Preserving, 2016.
• Complete Guide to Home Canning, 2015 revision, USDA Bulletin No. 539.
o Download PDF at http://nchfp.uga.edu/index.html
• So Easy to Preserve, 6th Edition, 2020. University of Georgia Cooperative Extension.
Websites:
• Ball at http://www.freshpreserving.com
• National Center for Home Food Preservation at http://www.uga.edu/nchfp
• University of Wyoming Extension Food & Nutrition Website at http://www.uwyo.edu/foods/food-preservation.html
The recipes may be doubled, tripled, etc. to make large batches. Do not alter the recipe ingredient amounts.
We know to add acid in the form of lemon juice, citric acid, or vinegar to tomato products but we do not have any reliable testing to indicate the amount that would be necessary if the seeds and skins were incorporated into the final product nor if an extended processing time would be required.
Credible and standardized salsa recipes will instruct you to use pint jars and give processing times for only pint jars. There are no current research-tested guidelines for processing salsa in quart jars. There are no formulas for extending the processing time for a larger jar.
Thank you.