tomato paste salsa (which I call Pacesetter Salsa)‏

Not very original name, but it is good and it seems like it comes from Texas, not New York City!!!

makes 7 - 9 pints

3 quarts peeled, cored, chopped slicing tomatoes

3 cups chopped onions

6 jalapeño peppers, seeded, finely chopped

4 long green chilies, seeded, chopped

4 cloves garlic, finely chopped

2   12 oz cans tomato paste

2 c bottled lemon or lime juice

1 T salt

1 T sugar

1 T ground cumin (optional)

2 T oregano leaves (optional)

1 t black pepper

combine all ingredients in a large non-reactive pot on the stove. Let simmer while stirring until ingredient bubble

Prepare your pint jars for canning.  Fill to within 1/2 inch of top.  fit lid and ring on jars

Process with water bath for 15 minutes.  If you do not want to process this, give away to many of your friends!  they will enjoy it.

With water bath, you don't need all the special pots.  You just need boiling water and a lid on the pot for the specific time.  A large cooking pot will do fine. You may get to fit six or seven pint jars in it.

Post by Susan P.