Picante Salsa Sauce

Title:
Picante Salsa Sauce

Yield:
1 Pints

Categories:
Salsa




Ingredients:





     5 lb Tomatoes -OR-


          Chilies, hot (2-6); chopped


     1 lg Onion; chopped


     1 lg Bell pepper, green; chopped


     3    Garlic cloves; minced


   2/3 c  Tomato paste


   3/4 c  Vinegar, white


     3 tb Sugar


     1 tb Salt, pickling


     2 ts Paprika


          -- OPTIONAL --


     2 ts Cilantro; finely chopped






 Blanch tomatoes.  Chop peppers and onion, bring to boil, then simmer 1/2


 hour.  Add cilantro and cook another 1/2 hour Notes: Pour into hot


 sterilized jars. Boil lids 15 - 20 minutes. After blanching tomatoes, add


 only tomatoes, do not add all the tomato juice, otherwise you will end up


 with a thin(runny) salsa. You can double & triple this recipe and it will


 turn out real nice