Making and Canning
Basque Sauce or
Sauce Basquaise (Pipèrade)
This delightfully simple sauce from the
Basque regions of Spain and France may be
used for a multitude of different dishes.  It is
normally served with a roasted or grilled
poultry, meat or fish. This recipe calls for
sweet Roma tomatoes and green pimentos;
however, you may use any mild, green
pepper.
Ingredients:
Dinner:
Canning:
  2 cups
18 pints
Roma Tomatoes
6 whole
15 pounds
Green Pimentoes
2
5 pounds
Onions
1
8 pounds
Garlic (Optional)
1 clove
8 cloves
Olive Oil
1 tablespoon
3/4 cup
White Wine (Optional)
1/4 cup
1/2 bottle (37.5 cl.)
Salt
1/2 teaspoon
3 tablespoons
Pepper
1/4 teaspoon
1 tablespoon
Lemon Juice
For canning only
3/4 cup
1. Prepare ingredients.  Coarsely chop the garlic,
onions, pimentos, and tomatoes.
2. Heat olive oil and sauté garlic.  Add onions
and sauté until transluscent.
3. Add pimentos with seeds.
4. Combine  tomatoes (it is not necessary to peel
or deseed).  

Cook at medium heat for 45 minutes.
For canning use the following techniques:
Canning using hot pack method with 1/2” of headspace, as done in Video 3.  
Processing with a Water Bath for 30 minutes at 212 degrees.  For elevations above 1,000 foot level
see
Altitude Time Adjustments.  After processing, remove from boiling water and place the jars on a
towel, separated by 1” to cool naturally as quickly as possible.
Labeling and Storing
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