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If I use an immersion blender to remove the big chunks in a safe salsa recipe, is it still safe for canning. Not reducing it to sauce, just making it ...
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Blending Salsa Prior to Canning #876459
Asked July 09, 2024, 9:34 AM EDT
If I use an immersion blender to remove the big chunks in a safe salsa recipe, is it still safe for canning. Not reducing it to sauce, just making it less chunky. Measuring all ingredients per the recipe before doing this.
Lane County Oregon
Expert Response
As long as you are using a research-based salsa recipe from a reliable source tested for canning you should be ok to blend a little, but don't thicken it. That would change the density of the product and the processing time might not be correct.
You might like to use the recipe for Tomato-tomato paste salsa in the PNW 395 Canning Salsa publication. It is a very saucy but tasty salsa and not very chunky. More like a picante sauce.
https://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog/pub/pnw395-s
Good luck and thanks for using Ask Extension.
Nellie Oehler
You might like to use the recipe for Tomato-tomato paste salsa in the PNW 395 Canning Salsa publication. It is a very saucy but tasty salsa and not very chunky. More like a picante sauce.
https://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog/pub/pnw395-s
Good luck and thanks for using Ask Extension.
Nellie Oehler
