Hot Pepper Peach Spread Recipes

PEACH AND PEPPER JAM

Steps:

• Place peaches in a large, non-reactive pan. Combine peppers, lemon rind, cider vinegar and pectin powder with fruit in pan. Stir well to combine. Place on the stove-top over high heat and stir until the mixture comes to a full boil. Stir in sugar and bring to a full rolling boil. Boil hard for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Skim off foam with a spoon and discard. Pour into clean warm, sterilized jars, filling to within 1/4-inch of rim.
• Refrigerate in jars for short-term use.

PEACH-HOT PEPPER JAM

Steps:

• Wash jars and screw bands in hot soapy water. Rinse well. Place jars, right sides up, on rack in bottom of boiling-water canner. Fill canner with enough warm water so it covers tops of jars by at least 1 inch. Bring water to boil; boil jars 10 min. Reduce heat to simmer. Leave jars in hot water until ready to be filled.
• Place new lids in medium saucepan filled with water; bring water to boil. Turn off heat. Let lids stand in water until ready to be used.
• Place peaches and peppers in 6- or 8-qt. saucepot. Add vinegar. Stir in pectin. Add butter to reduce foaming. Bring mixture to full rolling boil (a boil that doesn't stop bubbling when stirred) on high heat, stirring constantly.
• Stir in sugar. Return to full rolling boil and boil exactly 1 min., stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Skim off any foam with metal spoon.
• Remove jars from water; drain well. Immediately ladle fruit mixture into prepared jars, filling to within 1/4 inch of tops. Wipe jar rims and threads. Cover with 2-piece lids. Screw bands tightly. Place jars on rack, then lower into canner. (Water must cover jars by 1 to 2 inches. Add boiling water, if necessary.) Cover canner; bring water to gentle boil. Process 10 min. Remove jars and place upright on towel to cool completely. After jars cool, check seals by pressing centers of lids with finger. (If lids spring back, lids are not sealed and refrigeration is necessary.)

SWEET-AND-SPICY PEACH SPREAD

Steps:

• Mix cream cheese, peach, jalapeno, cilantro, and green onion together in a small bowl.

HOT PEPPER PEACH SPREAD

Steps:

• In a large stockpot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat, combine mashed peaches and tomatoes, fresh hot peppers, lime juice, onion, red bell pepper, red pepper flakes, and cayenne.
• Stir in the powdered pectin (a 1-3/4 oz. packet). Bring to a boil.
• Stir in the sugar and butter and return to a full rolling boil that can't be stirred down.
• Remove pot from heat and skim off foam with a metal spoon.
• Put a dried red chili in each of your sterilized, hot, half-pint canning jars. Ladle the spread immediately into jars, allowing 1/4 inch head-space at top.
• Be sure to wipe the jars and adjust the lids before you process them in a boiling-water canner for 10 minutes.
• Remove jars and cool on wire racks.

PEACH AND PEPPER RELISH

Steps:

• Place peaches, red bell peppers, and banana pepper in a large pot. Add vinegar, salt, and lemon halves; cook and stir over medium heat, stirring frequently, until peaches and peppers soften, about 30 minutes. Remove lemon halves with a slotted spoon; stir in sugar. Simmer until sugar dissolves and relish is slightly reduced, another 30 minutes.

HOT PEPPER PEACH PRESERVES CHEESE BALL

Steps:

• Combine cream cheese, preserves, onion and jalapeno together until creamy.
• Chill for 1 hour.
• Roll into a ball and cover with Monterey Jack Cheese.
• Place on decorative plate and serve with assorted crackers.

JALAPENO PEACH SPREAD

Steps:

• Place peaches and jalapenos in a food processor and pulse until finely chopped.
• Pour this mixture into a Dutch oven or large saucepan.
• Add sugar and allspice and combine well.
• Stirring constantly, bring to a boil over medium-high heat, then lower the heat to medium-low.
• Cook 20 minutes over medium-low, stirring often, or until thickened.
• It will be like a thick sauce.
• Ladle into clean,sterilized,heat-resistent jars.
• Cover with clean, sterilized lids and let cool to room temperature.
• Place in refrigerator and keep chilled.
• This is not shelf stable jam (it must be refrigerated even when sealed) as it has not been heat canned.
• Use up the spread within one month or two weeks after opening.
• Serve with cream cheese on crackers.