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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what is the life shelf of this?
thank you very much for your help.
leesa
I just had my first experience with H&D Onion & Pepper Relish a couple nights ago. It was made into a dip with the cream cheese and OMG I thought I was gonna HURT myself with it!!! I’m SO glad to find this recipe as I can now forego the drastic expense of the original.
I do have a question…Can this be frozen instead of canned? I’ve never canned anything before and frankly it scares me! LOL! If not advisable to freeze, how long can it be kept refrigerated? Thanks for the recipe.
Almost done with my first batch! Boiling the jars now. Took a taste it is great.
Question for you.. Do you have to can them? Could I give it as a gift and say eat this week?!!
Im, too, am using tomatoes from my garden and wondering what the proportion should be and how I should prepare them for this recipe. I use H & D Relish all the time and am totally excited to try this recipe. Thank you very much
I was just wondering if you add the pectin staight from the box or mix it with hot water so it doesn’t clump??????(like sure gel directions) This recipe looks delicious. Thanks
love the recipe, the pics, ? tho…
if using fresh tomatoes ( seeded, peeled, and chopped) what’s the measurement?
made this today..it yielded 19 half pints..I calculated my cost to about 50 cents a jar..(not including the actual jar and lids) this stuff is fabulous…i plan to make it a christmas sharing item..love the bowl idea as well
I doubled the batch yesterday and made 33 jars. Today I opened one up and I’m amazed on how dead on it’s like the Harry and David brand. Thank you so much for the recipe. Definately a keeper plus a great gift for friends and teachers during the holidays. Thank you!!!
Love the recipe, but I found that it isn’t quite as thick – in fact it is runny. What am I doing wrong. I really drained the tomatoes, so I don’t understand what the problem could be. Any advice? Followed the directions to a T.
I have made this before and my family loves it.
Last weekend my future daughter in law and I made 2 batches for hostess gifts.
Everyone was so impressed with the gift. She put them in 4 oz jars and gave 2 jars to each hostess with a glass bowl.
I made hang tag labels in her wedding colors and it looked very impressive.
Sounds good, but can you put this in the freezer? I don’t trust canning anymore.
I just finished making this recipe. I had to make a substitution though. My grocer didn’t have any jalapeno peppers today. I used a 3 oz tube of ground chili peppers and increased the pepper flakes to 3 Tbsp. I like a little kick. All I can say is Yummmmmo! I got 15 half pint jars and enough to snack on tomorrow. Great recipe. I will definately make this again.
On my way to the farm market to buy the ingredients. This looks great
Just tried making a half batch of the onion & pepper relish. It was so great. That is the closest I Have found to Harry & David’s relish and believe me I have tried several recipes trying to match theirs. It was easy and it tasted so good. My family loved it. Thanks so much for the recipe. Can’t wait to try some more of your recipes. Thanks again!
I tried to clone Harry and Davids Relish recipe and started with a 10 oz can of Rotel…close enough for me and spicy too!!