Favorite Chili Sauce

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• 25 large tomatoes
• 3 sweet red peppers (peppers should be seeded and chopped.)
• 1 bunch celery, chopped
• 6 large onions, chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 tablespoons whole allspice, tied in bag
• 2 cups cider vinegar
• 1 1/2 cups light brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons pickling salt
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 1 teaspoon dry mustard

Recipe

• 1 scald, peel, core, and quarter the tomatoes.
• 2 squeeze out the seeds and excess juice and finely chop the pulp.
• 3 put the pulp in a large kettle, bring to a boil, and boil rapidly until the tomatoes are soft.
• 4 ladle off the clear liquid that comes to the top of the tomatoes while they are cooking.
• 5 add the remaining ingredients and cook for 30 minutes.
• 6 discard the spice bag and continue to cook for about 1 hour longer, or until thick, stirring occasionally.
• 7 seal in hot sterilized jars.