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Sweet Onion Relish

Filed Under: Relish, Seasonal Fall, Seasonal Winter Tagged With: Onions

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This home-canned Sweet Onion Relish is from the wonderful So Easy to Preserve put out by the University of Georgia.

The recipe calls for Vidalia Onions, the pride of Georgia, so if you have access to a lot of them cheaply where you are, you may want to use those.

For this photo session, we used sweet red onions as there was a bumper crop of them at the time that needed using up.

This is a recipe that you can make in the winter if you see large bags of onions go on sale and the canning bug bites you.

We also cut the recipe in half.

See also: Onion Relish.

Contents hide
  • 1 The recipe
  • 2 Sweet Onion Relish
    • 2.1 Ingredients
    • 2.2 Instructions
    • 2.3 Nutrition
  • 3 Reference information
  • 4 Recipe notes
  • 5 Recipe source
  • 6 Nutrition information
    • 6.1 Regular version
    • 6.2 Salt and sugar-free

The recipe

Jar size choices: Quarter-litre (½ US pint / 250 ml / 8 oz) OR half-litre (US pint / 500 ml / 16 oz)

Processing method: Water bath or steam canning

Yield: 4 x half-litre (US pint) jars

Headspace: 2 cm (½ inch)

Processing time: 10 minutes

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Sweet Onion Relish

4 x half-litre jars (US pint)
Course Condiments
Cuisine American
Keyword Onions, Relish
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Servings 4 half-litre jars (US pint)
Calories 45kcal
Metric - US Customary

Ingredients

  • 2.25 kg onion (ground up. 3 litres / 3 quarts / 5 lbs). Measurements after peeling and grinding)
  • 4 tablespoons picking salt (OR non-bitter, non-clouding salt sub)
  • 2 teaspoons pickling spice
  • 500 ml cider vinegar (5% or higher. 2 cups / 16 oz)
  • ½ teaspoon turmeric
  • 2 tablespoons pimento (chopped. 20 g)
  • 500 g white sugar (2 ¼ cups / 18 oz OR 2 teaspoons liquid stevia
Metric - US Customary

Instructions

  • Peel onions.
  • Pass through a grinder such as shown below to obtain amount needed above.
  • Mix with salt OR first amount of salt sub and let stand 30 to 60 minutes or overnight.
  • Squeeze excess water from onion and discard it.
  • Put onion in a large pot.
  • Tie pickling spice in a cheesecloth and add to pot.
  • Add all remaining ingredients to pot.
  • Bring to a boil, then let simmer uncovered until thick -- about 30 minutes. Stir frequently to prevent burning.
  • Remove and discard spice bag.
  • Ladle hot relish into heated jars, leaving 2 cm (½ inch) headspace.
  • Debubble, adjust headspace.
  • Wipe jar rims.
  • Put lids on.
  • Process in a water bath or steam canner.
  • Process jars for 10 minutes; increase time as needed for your altitude.

Nutrition

Serving: 2g | Calories: 45kcal | Carbohydrates: 11.2g | Protein: 0.4g | Sodium: 440mg | Fiber: 0.8g | Sugar: 9.3g

Reference information

How to water bath process.

How to steam can.

When water-bath canning or steam canning, you must adjust the processing time for your altitude.

For salt substitute, Herbamare Sodium-Free was used as it is non-bitter and non-clouding.

For stevia, Better Stevia liquid stevia was the stevia used as it is non-bitter, easy to use, doesn’t increase density and impacts neither pH nor nutrition.

Australia and New Zealand vinegar strength special notes.

Recipe notes

  • You’ll want to start with about 2 ½ to 3 kg (6 to 7 lbs) of onions before prep.
  • Vidalia Onion is not a specific variety of onion (legally, 24 different varieties of onions can be sold as Vidalias). It’s a marketing term applied to sweet onions grown in 20 counties of south-east Georgia which have the right soil to produce sweeter onions. If you are in Washington State, or Oregon, you might wish to try your local Walla Walla onions.
  • “Grinding an onion” might seem like a curious operation to perform. What they mean is they passed it through a meat grinder attachment such as the one shown below. “For recipe development, vegetables were ground using a coarse blade stand mixer attachment.” [1] Christian, Kasey A. et al. Preserving Food: Canning Relishes. University of Georgia Extension. FDNS-E-43-18. April 2015. Page 6.

grinder

Recipe source

  • Vidalia Onion Relish. In: Andress, Elizabeth L. and Judy A. Harrison. So Easy to Preserve. University of Georgia Cooperative Extension. Bulletin 989. Sixth Edition. 2014. Page 167.

Modifications:

  • Cut recipe in half.

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Nutrition information

Regular version

Per 2 tablespoons

  • 45 calories, 440 mg sodium

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Salt and sugar-free

Per 2 tablespoons

  • 16 calories, 2 mg sodium

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References[+]

References
↑1 Christian, Kasey A. et al. Preserving Food: Canning Relishes. University of Georgia Extension. FDNS-E-43-18. April 2015. Page 6.
Tagged With: Onions

Filed Under: Relish, Seasonal Fall, Seasonal Winter Tagged With: Onions

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  1. Martha

    August 29, 2020 at 1:47 am

    What are uses for Sweet Onion Relish?

    Reply
    • Healthy Canning

      September 22, 2020 at 12:05 am

      Hot dogs, hamburgers. Saves you having to peel and chop an onion as a condiment when you are putting together a meal in a hurry.

      Reply
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