Canning & Preserves

Piccalilli

Serves 96 · about 6 pints

A big-batch canning relish of ground green tomatoes, sweet peppers, and onions cured overnight in pickling salt, then simmered with brown sugar, cider vinegar, and a bag of whole spices before being packed into jars.

Method

From the family

  • Processing time varies with altitude (pints): 10 minutes up to 6,000 ft; process 15 minutes above that.
  • Smaller batch (handwritten on the card): 4 cups tomatoes, 1 cup bell pepper, 1 cup onions, 1/8 cup salt, 1 1/8 tablespoons mustard seed, 2 cups brown sugar, 2 cups vinegar. This handwritten version is a smaller (roughly quarter) batch — the printed amounts in the ingredient list are the full recipe.
  • The handwritten smaller batch doesn't note the cinnamon or the spice bag (cloves, allspice, cinnamon sticks); scale those to taste if making the small batch.