Sweet Cucumber Relish
This sweet cucumber relish is the perfect treat on hot dogs, egg or potato salad and your other favourite dishes. Made with onions, bell peppers and just the right spices this classic sweet pickle relish has an amazing flavor!
Ingredients
- 10 cups cucumbers chopped
- 8 red bell peppers
- 5 cups onions chopped
- 1/2 cup canning salt
- 3 TBS celery seed
- 3 TBS mustard seed
- 2 tsp. Turmeric
- 5 cups vinegar
- 5 cups sugar
Instructions
- Wash and remove stems from the cucumbers.
- Peel the cucumbers cut them in half lengthwise and remove the seeds. Cut them into large pieces and puls them in your food processor until they are the texture you like.
- Remove the seeds from the peppers and chop in your food processor.
- Peel and quarter the onions and pulse in the food processor.
- Combine all the vegetables into a large pot and cover with the pickling salt. Cover and let sit overnight.
- The next day drain out the liquid from the vegetable mix.
- Place the mixture back into a large pot and add the vinegar, sugar, and spices and bring it to a boil. Then turn down and simmer for 30 minutes stirring occasionally.
- Ladle into pint or half-pint canning jars, remove any air bubbles and wipe the rims clean. Place the lids and wrings on finger tight.
- Process in a water bath canner for 10 minutes, adjusting the time for your altitude.
Notes
- If you are in a hury you can let the vegetable mixture sit in the salt for 2 hours instead of overnight.
- If you don't have a food processor this recipe also works well by just chopping the vegetables by hand.
These values are from a nutritional database and automatically calculated, and should only be used as an approximation.