Canning salsa verde

I was happily surprised to stumble upon a set of tomatillo plants for sale at half price the other day while shopping around Iowa City. Tomatillos are one vegetable I have not yet tried growing, so of course I used my plant lady math skills to put it right into my cart and purchase it without a care

This Green Tomato Salsa Verde is a great way to use up all those green tomatoes from the vegetable garden at the end of the growing season.

A recipe for canned salsa verde, made from charred tomatillos, peppers, onions, and cilantro. Making this green salsa will be one of the best things you did all summer!

This spicy green salsa is not your typical Salsa Verde usually made with tomatillos, but I find that their cousin the green tomato makes for an amazing flavorful and tangy sauce. Zesty and sweet, this salsa delivers a well-rounded balance of deep flavor and heat.

The canning obsession hit me HARD this year and I think I'm going to blame some of it on nesting. I want us to have good food when Chicken Nugget is born which means prepping NOW! The best way to prep good food, months in advance, is canning. I made this Salsa Verde a few years ago and then I also made the delicious Salsa Verde Chicken Enchiladas listed directly after the Salsa Verde recipe for dinner a few times. The taste has lingered with me. I also remember them being fairly easy to make…

Canning salsa verde is the perfect way to preserve a bumper crop of tomatillos. Pull a jar out of the pantry for a tasty dip, use it as a tomatillo enchilada sauce, or add a jar to a hearty winter pork stew.

3 x half-litre jars (US pint)

There's a reason why people love attending dinner parties and this Canned Green Tomato Salsa is one of those, offering up immense flavors of...

From garden to table, let’s talk tomatillos. At the end of summer we collected pounds of tomatillos, but we haven’t planted a seed. The old owner of our home grew most of her food on our small .6 acres of land in town.

This delicious recipe for green tomato salsa verde comes from the Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving on page 210.