I love Harry & David’s Onion Pepper Relish mixed with cream cheese. It makes the most delicious and quick dip. I thought a little homemade jar of this would make a yummy gift that would be handy for friends to have on hand for holiday entertaining.
Onion and Pepper Relish
5 – 14.5 oz. cans chopped tomatoes (drained)
6 bell peppers (seeds and ribs removed) (I used two each of red, yellow and green)
6 cups sugar
2 Tablespoons salt
1 – 2 teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes (I used 1 1/2 tsp)
6 jalapeno peppers with seeds and ribs removed (a spoon does this easily)
3 medium onions
2 cups white vinegar
2 small boxes powered pectin (1.75 oz)
First chop all vegetables. It goes together very easily once all the chopping is done. To make this quicker I used a food processor.
Mix everything together, except the pectin, in a large pot. Bring to a boil and then reduce heat and simmer about 1 hour. Add in the pectin and boil for 1 minute.
Pour relish into hot sterilized half pint jars, leaving about 1/2 inch head room. I needed 13 half pint jars.
Place lids and rings on jars. Process jars by placing them in a large pot of water. Water level should be an inch over jars. Boil for 15 minutes. Carefully remove jars from water and allow to cool. You know jars are sealed when there is no give in the lid.
I plan to attach a tag to mine that says, “For an easy dip, mix jar contents with 2 – 8 oz packages of cream cheese and serve with corn chip scoopers.”
Enjoy!
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I LOVE this stuff and am always buying it. Now I don’t have to. Thanks for sharing!
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I LOVE that stuff from Harry & David. I was SO excited when I saw your recipe for it! My mom and I made it this afternoon and decided it’s even better than the H&D version. SO good! Thank you for sharing!
I made it with the intention of giving it out as gifts for some friends for the holidays. But I’m not sure there will be any left. 🙂
Never heard of H & D but love all sorts of pepper relish recipes. Can’t wait to find out what all the hoop la is all about!
Well now, we just got home from a 1 1/2 hour trip which we planned around going to Harry & Davids for this salsa, I turn on the computer and what do you know I find this recipe! Even though I am stocked for the time being and bought enough for some friends, I will definitely keep this and try this. So appreciate your blog.
We love onions. We love peppers. We love dip. Oh. My. YUMMY!!
Thanks so much for the recipe! My family is addicted to Harry & David’s Onion & Pepper Relish. I am so excited to try my hand at making my own. 🙂
YUMMY!!! Thank you.
I absolutely positively cannot wait to try this!!! I love this dip and happen to dabble a little bit in home canning so this is right up my alley. YOU ROCK!!!
So excited. I live nowhere near a Harry & David and ordering it, with s&h is so expensive. I am making this this year for sure…for myself of course!
I was looking at an old Martha Stewart (Christmas) magazine yesterday and there were several recipes using the Harry & David onion & pepper relish. I knew that I wasn’t interested in paying the price for the H & D, so I skipped over it. But if you need more recipes, first, I’m sure the H & D website has some, but you just might be able to find some on Martha’s site too.
Thanks for sharing – I might just add this to my canning repertoire next year and include a little booklet of recipes.
Loved this at our Thanksgiving gathering — yummy! It had THE BEST comments from all of our guests! Wow, we are one lucky family to have Skip to my Lou as our very own in-house gourmet cook! Thanks for this great recipe!
Looks SO GOOD!!!
I adore this stuff and stock up every time I see a Harry & David’s store – so excited that I can now make my own. My favorite dipper is a pretzel – yum!!
Wow, I love your blog! Thanks for sharing so much of your stuff, so inspiring!!Nadine x