Saturday, September 13, 2008

Zucchini Relish


10 cups ground or grated zucchini
4 cups ground onion
5 Tbls. salt
Mix together and let stand overnight. Next morning, drain and rinse in cold water in a big colander

Put zucchini/onion into a large cooking kettle. Add these spices and cook for 30 minutes

Spices:
1tsp. cayenne pepper
2 1/4 cups vinegar
5 cups sugar
1 1/4 tsp pepper
1tsp nutmeg
1 tsp tumeric
1 tsp dry mustard
1 tsp celery seed
2 red peppers diced
2 green peppers diced

The last 5 minutes, add 2 Tbls. cornstarch to a 1/4 cup of water to dilute
Add this to zucchini and spices to thicken slightly. Pour mixture into pint jars. Process in a hot water bath for 10 mins.
Makes 15-17 pints

2 comments:

cheryl said...

this recipe is from Laura Dahl's family. It was her great grandmothers recipe and Laura was kind enough to pass it on to me.
She said that it is one of the best relish that you will ever taste.

cheryl said...

this recipe is from Laura Dahl's family. It was her great grandmothers recipe and Laura was kind enough to pass it on to me.
She said that it is one of the best relish that you will ever taste.