Tomato Bruschetta Recipe for Canning

8 ball mason jars full of water bath canned bruschetta.

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Tomato Bruschetta Recipe for Canning

Canning Bruschetta. How to use Ball's "Complete Book of Home Preserving" recipe "Bruschetta in a Jar" to can delicious bruschetta.

Prep Time20

Cook Time10

Water Bath Processing Time20

Total Time50

Keyword: Canning, Steam Canning, Tomatoes, Water Bath Canning

Servings: Half Pint Jars

Equipment

Ingredients

9 cups Chopped, Cored, Plum Tomatoes Chopped, cored (1 inch pieces)
5 cloves Garlic Finely Chopped
1 cup Dry White Wine This is the ingredient missing from Ball's website but is included in their book
1 cup White Wine Vinegar
1/2 cup Water
2 tbsp Sugar
2 tbsp Dried Basil
2 tbsp Dried Oregano
2 tbsp Balsamic Vinegar

Instructions

Clean jars and lids with warm soapy water. Ensure the jars do not have any chips or bubbles in the glass.
Prepare your canner
Using Water Bath Canner:
Put your water bath canner on your stove. Add your canning rack to the water bath canner. Add your 1/2 pint jars to the water bath canner. They will warm as you heat the water. Add enough water to cover jars with at least 2-3 inches of water. Start to bring your water to a boil.
Using a Steam Canner:
Put your steam canner on your stove. Add the steam canner rack to the bottom of the steam canner. Add the recommended amount of water to the steam canner according to the manufacturer. Add your 1/2 pint jars to the steam canner. Put the lid on your steam canner and start your stove. The jars will warm as you heat your steam canner.
Prepare Garlic
Peel garlic and remove the end that was connected to the bulb. Finely chop your garlic and place it in a bowl.
Prepare Tomatoes
In this recipe, you do NOT need to peel your tomatoes. Core and chop your plum tomatoes into 1-inch pieces and place in a bowl. Plum tomatoes contain less liquid than globe tomatoes. If you only have globe tomatoes, those can be used as well, but you should place them in a colander for 30 minutes to allow the excess liquid to drain.
Prepare Bruschetta Vinegar Mixture
In a large pot combine garlic, wine, wine vinegar, water, sugar, basil, oregano, and balsamic vinegar. Bring the vinegar mixture to a full rolling boil over high heat, stirring occasionally. Reduce the heat and cover with a lid. Boil vinegar mixture for 5 minutes, until garlic is heated through. Remove from heat.
Once you have hot jars and Bruschetta Vinegar Mixture.
Water Bath Canner:
Remove your jars from the water bath canner one at a time using your jar lifter. Dump the water out of the jar into your water bath canner to ensure there is still 2-3 inches of water above your jars.
Steam Canner:
Remove the steam canner lid and remove your jars one at a time using your jar lifter.
Packing Tomatoes in Jars
Pack tomatoes into the hot jar, leaving a generous 1/2 inch headspace. Ladle the hot vinegar mixture over the tomatoes, leaving 1/2 inch headspace.
De-bubbling Your Bruschetta
Using your de-bubbler make sure to remove all air bubbles. Add some more vinegar mixture if the level goes down below 1/2 inch headspace.
Sealing Jar
Wipe the rim of the jar to ensure a good seal is made with the lid. Center the lid on the jar and add the band to fingertip tight. Using your jar lifter, put the jar back into the canner.
Repeat Steps for Remaining Jars
Repeat filling jars until all tomatoes are used.
Process Jars
Water Bath Canner:
Lower the water bath canner rack into the boiling water. Ensure your jars are covered by at least 2 inches of water.
If your water is not boiling, start your processing time when the water is boiling. Process 1/2 pint jars for 20 minutes. Make sure to adjust your time for altitude.
Set a timer, it makes it much easier to make sure you process for the correct time. When your timer goes off, turn off the heat and remove the canner lid.
Leave the jars in the water for 5 minutes.
Steam Canner:
Put the lid on the steam canner. Turn your stove on high until your steam canner water comes to a vigorous boil. Continue heating so the indicator is in the correct "Zone" per your altitude.
Start your processing time when the needle reaches the maximum point you have tested your steam canner to reach in your "Zone".
Adjust the burner so that it maintains an even rolling boil throughout the entire processing time. Usually, this will be much lower than where it was set for the vigorous boil. If the top lid is lifting and/or spitting water from the edges, this is an indication that you have the heat turned up too high. Slowly reduce the heat until this stops. Watch the indicator to ensure the temperature does not decrease.
The processing times for steam canning are the same as for water bath canning. Process 1/2 pint jars for 20 minutes.
Make sure to adjust your time for altitude. Set a timer, it makes it much easier to make sure you process for the correct time.
When your timer goes off, turn off the heat and let the canner stand for 5 minutes with the lid on before removing the jars. The lid MUST remain ON the canner during this time. This cool-down period is necessary to ensure the jar contents are properly processed.
Carefully remove the lid by tilting it away from you to avoid steam burns.
Remove Jars and Cool
Using your jar lifer carefully move the jars onto a wire rack or kitchen towel to allow them to cool. When moving the jars try not to tilt them to the side as this could affect the seal of the jars. Allow your jars to cool for 12-24 hours before handling.
Storage
Once cool, remove the canning rings from the jars. Wash your jars off to ensure there is no food residue on the outside of the jar from processing. Label your jar with the name of the recipe and the date. This will help you remember what recipe you used to can and the date will allow you to use the oldest canned goods first.

Notes

This recipe can be found in the Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving called "Bruschetta in a Jar".

This recipe is also found on Ball's website also titled Bruschetta in a Jar, but just a word of caution, the online recipe appears to be missing an ingredient in the list that I included above.