Onion Jam Relish Recipes

ONION RELISH RECIPE

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine the vinegar and sugar over medium low heat. Warm and stir until the sugar has dissolved.
• Add the red onion, white onion and bell pepper. Stir to coat and let sit for one hour. Then transfer to a sealable container and refrigerate to cool for at least 2 hours.

ONION JAM

Steps:

• Heat vegetable oil in a heavy skillet over medium heat.
• Stir sugar into vegetable oil with a wooden spoon, stirring constantly until mixture is a light caramel-color, about 10 minutes. Mixture will be very hot.
• Stir onion, salt, and black pepper into sugar mixture. Onions will immediately start to caramelize. Stir frequently over medium heat until sugar has dissolved and onions are browned, about 15 minutes.
• Pour red wine vinegar into onion mixture and simmer until mixture has a jam consistency, about 30 minutes. Let cool to serve.

SWEET PEPPER AND ONION RELISH (HARRY AND DAVID COPYCAT)

Steps:

• Place all the ingredients, except for the pectin, in a large stock pot. Bring the mixture to a boil, reduce the heat to low, and simmer for 1 1/2 hours, uncovered, stirring occasionally. Add more cayenne to taste if desired. Add the pectin and quickly bring to a boil for 1 minute. ***See NOTE below.Remove from heat and ladle the hot mixture into hot, sterilized canning jars.
• Process the jars in a water bath canner with the water at least three inches above the jars, for 20 minutes. Remove the jars and let them sit undisturbed for 24 hours. Store in a dark, cool place. This relish will keep for up to a year.Makes about 6 pints or 12 half pint jars.

ONION JAM RELISH

Steps:

• Peel the onions and cut off the ends, then stand each onion on its bottom and slice it through the center, top to bottom.
• Continue slicing to produce thin, semicircular julienne strips, then cut those into pieces 2 or 3 inches long.
• Cut the scallions into pieces 2 or 3 inches long.
• Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
• Add the onions and scallions and sauté until they begin to soften; cover the pan, lower the heat, and cook until they are wilted, about 20 to 30 minutes.
• Remove the lid, increase the heat, and add the vinegar.
• Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until the vinegar is reduced by half.
• Stir in the salt and pepper, then gradually add the brown sugar, tasting as you go.
• Onions have different amounts of natural sugar at different times of the year, so the amount of brown sugar may need to be adjusted. The final flavor should be strongly sweet-and-sour.
• Continue cooking the mixture until the jam is thick, about 10 minutes.
• Remove from heat and cool to room temperature.

WALLA WALLA ONION RELISH

Steps:

• Chop onions finely by hand or in a food processor.
• Turn out into a glass bowl and add 1/4 cup of salt and allow to stand for 30 minutes to an hour.
• Drain juice from onions and discard.
• Put onions in an enameled or stainless steel pot and add vinegar, turmeric, spices (tied into cheese cloth ball), pimentos and sugar. Bring to a boil and allow to cook until onions are transparent.
• Pack onions and cooking liquid into canning jars, leaving a 1/2 inch headspace. Remove air bubbles and place lids on jars according to the manufacturer's instructions.
• Process jars in a water bath for 10 minutes or adjusted to your altitude.

VIDALIA ONION RELISH

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, cook onions in oil over medium heat 40-45 minutes or until onions are golden brown, stirring occasionally. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Remove from heat. Add bourbon, stirring to loosen browned bits from pan., Stir in remaining ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 15-20 minutes or until thickened. Store in airtight containers in the refrigerator up to 1 week. Serve with sausage or other meat.

CANADIAN SPICED RHUBARB AND ONION RELISH

Steps:

• Combine the ingredients in a preserving kettle. Stir well. Bring to the boil, stirring frequently, over high heat. Adjust the heat so that the relish bubbles moderately vigorously; stir frequently and remove any scum.
• When the relish is a rich brown colour and has the smooth, thick consistency of jam, it is ready this happens after about 40 to 60 minutes.
• Fill hot sterilized canning jars. Drop clean, new canning jar lids into boiling water and leave them there, off the heat, to allow the circle of sealing compound to soften. When filling each jar with jam, jelly or relish, leave a 1/8 inch headspace. Immediately screw the lid on tightly, then flip the jar over and back again. Set to cool on a rack. When the jam has cooled, check the seal to make sure the lid on the jar has concaved. If it has not, refrigerate the contents and use within a month.
• Another method is--Pour jam or jelly or relish into hot, clean jars, leaving a ¼ inch headspace. Wipe the edge of the jar with a clean damp cloth. Set the jar lids, previously softened in boiling water as described above, on the jars and tighten. Set on a rack in a canner, sometimes called a boiling water bath. Fill with water to a level 1 inch above the top of the jars. Cover the canner, bring to the boil over high heat and boil hard for 15 minutes. Remove the jars, cool on a rack and check the seals. Yields five 8 oz. jars.
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