Roasted Tomato Tomatillo Salsa Recipe

Disclosure: This Roasted Tomato Tomatillo Salsa recipe was sponsored by the BALL brand.

This Roasted Tomato Tomatillo Salsa recipe is packed full of the fresh flavors of summer. It won the 2016 Ball Can It Forward recipe contest! It is the best canning recipe for salsa.

You can make it and serve it fresh or can it so you can enjoy the sun ripened flavors through the winter months when you are dreaming of all the fresh flavors of your garden, if your lucky enough to have a garden that is.

Looking for the (affiliate link) Ball freshTech Harvest Pro Sauce Maker? You can find it on Amazon!

Update: I won the Can-It-Forward Day “blogger can-off”

My Roasted Tomato Tomatillo Salsa recipe could be featured during the Can It Forward Day live event. A few select bloggers have been challenged with creating a delicious canning recipe using fresh tomatoes. Ball will be picking one recipe from the group of bloggers to feature.

Wish me luck because the winner will receive a $500 giftcard from FreshPreservingStore.com. I would have so much fun shopping with that gift card!

Did you watch Can It Forward Day Live?

Update 7/25/2016 If you did you may have seen that this Roasted Tomato Tomatillo Salsa recipe was featured during the Ball Can It Forward Day Live Event! Yeah I won the 2016 Ball Can It Forward Day Blogger Can Off!

If you missed the live event. No worries. Here is the recording of the good folks at Ball Canning making my Roasted Tomato Tomatillo Salsa recipe. 

Ball^® FreshTECH HarvestPro™ Sauce Maker

For this years Can-It-Forward celebration I had a chance to check out the new Ball® FreshTECH HarvestPro™ Sauce Maker. It is the newest canning appliance available from Ball®.

It appliance is a canning game changer. The Ball® FreshTECH HarvestPro™ Sauce Maker does all the hard work for you when it comes to chopping and preparing vegetables and fruits for canning.

I can't wait to make applesauce and peach fruit rollups and leathers with it. You can make all kinds of recipes using fresh fruit and vegetables.

What can You Make with the Ball® FreshTECH HarvestPro™ Sauce Maker

Now you might be thinking who needs another appliance? Well, if you are a canner this is one appliance that you must have. Anyone who has ever preserved large batches of tomato sauce and salsa knows how long it takes to chop up those vegetables.

The Ball® FreshTECH HarvestPro™ Sauce Maker cuts those long hours of chopping down to just minutes.

• tomato recipes: Tomato Sauce, Tomato Paste, Marinara, Ketchup, Barbecue sauce
• garden vegetable recipes: Pico de Gallo, Salsa Verde, Salsa
• fruit recipes: Applesauce, Pear sauce, Fruit Jams, Baby Food, Purees
• savory canning recipes: Hummus, Pesto, Refried Beans, Soup

How to Make Roasted Tomato Tomatillo Salsa recipe

Ingredients

• 3 pounds of ripe tomatoes, cut into quarters
• 1 pound of tomatillo's, papers removed, washed and cut in half
• 2 large jalapeno peppers, washed and cut into quarters (see note)
• 1 medium onion, peeled and cut into quarters
• 4-5 peeled garlic cloves
• ¼ to ½ cup fresh cilantro, wash and chopped (see note)
• ½ cup bottled lime juice
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• ½ teaspoon cumin
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon black pepper

Directions

1. Place the tomatoes, tomatillos, jalapeno’s and onion on a large baking sheet.
2. Roast in a preheated 375 F. degree oven for 30-45 minutes or until slightly charred.
3. Allow to cool to for 10 minutes.
4. Run the vegetables through the Ball® FreshTECH HarvestPro™ Sauce Maker into a bowl.
5. Add the remaining ingredients to the bowl and mix well. Transfer to a saucepot and bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Simmer for 5 minutes.
6. Ladle hot salsa into hot jars, leaving ½ inch head space.
7. Process in a hot water bath 20 minutes following all safe food preserving practices.

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