Beef

We got a deal on ground beef $1 for 5lb already cooked so we canned some.

The first step is to brown the ground beef. You’ll only need to lightly brown it, as it will finish cooking during the canning process.

Drain the grease from the cooked ground beef.

Fill hot canning jars with browned and drained ground beef.  leaving 1″ headspace.

Add canning salt for best flavor (optional). 1/2 tsp per pint jar or 1 tsp per quart.

Add water into your filled jars to 1″ headspace.

Remove the air bubbles

Wipe the rim of the jar with white vinegar to remove andy grease.

Adjust the two piece lids.

Place the filled jars in a pressure canner.

Process pints for 75 minutes, quarts for 90 minutes at 10 lbs pressure.




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Candied Hot Peppers

Candied Hot Peppers

Ingredients
1 lbs hot peppers sliced about 1/4" thick (or for milder, at least half other varieties of sweet peppers)
¾ cup apple cider vinegar
2 cups sugar
1 tsp granulated garlic
¼ tsp turmeric
¼ tsp celery seed
¼ tsp cayenne pepper
¼ tsp mustard seed


Instructions
Slice peppers into 1/8 - 1/4 in rounds, then put them in a colander and rinse them, using the sprayer and spin in salad spinner to help remove seeds.

In a medium pot, combine the cider vinegar, sugar, garlic, turmeric, celery seed, cayenne pepper and mustard seed and bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 5 minutes.

Add pepper slices and simmer for another 4 minutes.

Using a slotted spoon, transferred the peppers to a clean, sterile canning jar, leaving at least ¼ inch of headspace.

Turn the heat up on the liquid and boil hard for 6 minutes. Using a ladle, pour the boiling syrup into the jar over the peppers .

Remove air bubbles and wipe the rim of the jar and fit lids.

Process 10 minutes for half-pints or 15 minutes for pints in boiling water bath.

*This recipe was originally for jalapenos but we did not get any this year and we had a lot of green cayenne peppers on our plants and a hard freeze was coming.  

HARVARD BEETS

HARVARD BEETS (SWEET)

Ingredients
beets
1 cups water
1 cup vinegar
1 cup sugar

1 Wash beets thoroughly

2 Cook beets in boiling water to cover for about 15 minutes.

3 Plunge into cold water 2 times to prevent bleeding.

4 Remove skins & cut top off  & root.

5 Combine water, vinegar & sugar in large saucepan & bring to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved.

6 Add beets & heat, but do not boil.

7 Pack in sterilized jars. Cover with hot juice to neck of jar.

8 Place lids & bands on jars.

9 Process in hot water bath for 30 minutes.

Notes

From - Canning, Preserving, and Freezing Cookbook : Favorite Recipes of Home Economics Teachers.  edited amout of water from 3 c to 1 c 

Copycat Franks Red Hot Sauce

Copycat Franks Red Hot Sauce

18 fresh cayenne peppers (ends & stems removed)
1 1⁄2 cups white vinegar
2 teaspoons garlic, minced
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon garlic powder

DIRECTIONS

USING FRESH CAYENNE PEPPERS.
There are two different ways to prepare this sauce. You can use fresh cayenne peppers, or you can use cayenne peppers from your garden that you have canned.
If you're using fresh cayenne peppers, simply remove the ends and measure all of the ingredients into a small saucepan.
Heat over medium heat until boiling.
Reduce the heat slightly, but so the mixture continues to boil.
Simmer about 20-25 minutes.
Remove the mixture from heat, carefully pour it into a blender & puree until thick and smooth.
Transfer the mixture back into the saucepan and simmer another 15 minutes.

Process pints in hot water bath 10 min

Pickled Hot Peppers

Pickled Hot Peppers



1.) Cut a slit in in peppers

2.) Put them into your sanitized jars.

3.) Mix your brine:

   5 c. white vinegar

   1 c. water

   4 tsp. of Pickling Salt

   2 T. Sugar

   2 garlic cloves

Put all of this into a pot and bring to a boil. Once it has boiled for 2 minutes remove the garlic cloves.

4.) Pour the brine over your peppers

5.) Add 1/4 tsp. of pickle crisp  to each pint jar (optional)

6.) Put your sanitized lids and rims on

7.) hot water bath for 10 minutes.

  Allow 1 week before eating!