INGREDIENTS

INSTRUCTIONS

Here is a sure fire :-) chile sauce....
Place the cinnamon, bay leaf, mustard seed, celery seed, cloves and
peppercorns, in a cheesecloth bag, and tie as a spice bag, leaving a long
string attached. Combine the tomatoes, onions, green and red bell peppers
chile peppers, vinegar, sugar and salt in a large stainless steel or enamel
pot, then add the garlic, ginger and nutmeg. Put this on high till it comes
to a boil, add the spice bag, and tie the string to the pot handle and
bring the mixture to simmer. Cook gently for a couple of hours until this
is reduced by at least half volume, stir once in awhile to prevent burning
or sticking....taste at this point for seasoning, bearing in mind that when
it is hot it will not taste as it will when cold, and mellowed. This should
not require any more seasoning. This amount will do about 8 half pint(250
ml) jars. Processing!Important!! Fill a boiling water canner with water,
and place 8 pre-washed 250 ml jars in it, and bring it up to boiling. Put
the mason jar snap lids in boiling water in a sauce pan, boil for a few
minutes to soften the rubber on the lids. Spoon the chile sauce into the
jars, leaving about 1/4 inch head room, make sure no air bubbles remain in
jar, wipe the jar rim, and place the lid on jar. Turn the screw lid on hand
tight, and place jar in canner. When all the jars are filled, the same way,
return the water in the canner to a boil, cover canner, and process for at
least 15 minutes. Remove jars, and cool for at least one day, then next day
check seals. Lids should have all popped down, and any that didnt, use
these right away, keeping them in the fridge. If you have done all this
correctly, there should not be any no seal ones. Make sure that there is
enough water in the canner to cover the mason jars, and if adding boiling
water to the canner, add it down the side of the pot. This is a terrific
chile sauce, we have been doing it for years, and still have four left from
1996, the last year we did it!
Posted to CHILE-HEADS DIGEST by Doug Irvine <dougandmarie@home.com> on Sep
10, 1999, converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

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