homemade peach salsa

mom and i made peach salsa. we used the same recipe as last year but this time we made the full recipe, not half.

red onion.


cilantro is SO DAMN STINKY!


cilantro in the pot


jalapenos


my mom chopped these up


jalapeno bits


red peppers


i was brave enough to chop these up


itty bitty pepper bits


peaches. picked up 8 at the farmers market


to go with the 8 my mom had at home on her counter


blanching and peeling peaches. mom just sliced up a lemon and dropped it in the water to prevent browning.


peaches in the pot


goodies for the compost bin (peels and pits)


pretty peach salsa


cooking it down


ladling it into jars


dropping the jars into the canner


more pretty salsa in the jars, funny short and squat little jars


the recipe came out of the ball canning book http://www.amazon.com/Ball-Complete-Book-Home-Preserving/dp/0778801314

peach salsa recipe
1/2 cup white vinegar
6 cups chopped pitted peeled peaches
1 1/3 cup chopped red onion
4 jalapeno peppers finely chopped
1 red bell pepper seeded and chopped
1/2 cup loosely packed finely chopped cilantro
2 tablespoons liquid honey
1 clove garlic finely chopped
1 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper

9 jars of salsa