Grape jam – homemade
Grape jam is made from the pulp of grapes Last year I published a recipe for grape ice cream. Made from my own grapes of the Americano variety. The ice cream requires either grape juice or grape jam. These are two products made from the same berries. Most people don’t make jam, but jelly, made from juice. On the other hand, I prefer to drink the grape juice and make jam from the pulp. Making jam from pulp has several advantages: first, I use the whole berry (except the seeds, which I could still use to make grappa or oil) secondly, I need less gelling agent, because the jam is…
Grape Jam – the recipe
Apricot jam with spices- 5 different variations
Right now the apricots are ripe. And not only the foreign ones, but also the Swiss. In Valais (for all non-Swiss: this is a canton in the south of Switzerland, where German and French are spoken. It shares borders with Italy and France) you can now find small market stalls on the roadside selling freshly harvested apricots. And since they don’t have long journeys, they are picked ripe and ready to be enjoyed. About 9500 tons are expected this year. Of course, there’s a box for me, too. And since my daughter is on holiday in Valais right now, they are even delivered directly. Last year I tried spiced plum…
Apricot Jam
Apricot-Jam in a different way! With five different spices!
Scones
Ingredients for about 10 pieces: 225 g flour 1 tsp baking powder 1 Tbsp sugar ½ tsp salt 50 g butter at room temperature Yogurt or crème fraîche, as much as necessary 1 tsp raisins (optional) Preparation: Preheat the oven to 200°C. Mix the first 5 ingredients, then gradually add enough yogurt or crème fraîche until a soft, malleable dough is formed. Then roll out the dough onto some flour, it should be about 2 cm thick. With the help of a round cookie cutter (diameter 5 cm, a small drinking glass also works), cut out scones. Place the dough circles on a tray lined with a baking sheet…
Prunes jam with spices
Ingredients: 1.1 kg prunes, pitted and then mashed 1 kg of sugar (or 1.1 kg gelling sugar, then omit the gelling powder) 30 g of gelling powder One the following spices: 1.5 tsp cardamom, ground 10 cm vanilla bar, cut lengthwise 2 tsp cinnamon, ground 1.5 tsp of mace, ground 2.5 tsp allspice, ground 25 juniper berries, slightly crushed 2-3 tsp long pepper, ground Preparation: Mix the mashed prunes, sugar, gelling powder (or gelling sugar), and selected spice, bring to the boil and boil for 4 minutes. Then fill in clean, sterilized jars and close immediately.
Prunes jam and spices – very special
When the prunes are ripe, for many it’s the first sign that autumn is approaching And with fall coming the appetite for more hearty and well spiced food grows. In that case, these prune jams are just right, some to spread on your bread and others to eat with cheese, venison, or other «fall food» There are different prune varieties They differ in size and color. Most of them are oval, between the size of a walnut to that of an egg and bluish-purple, the stone can be easily taken out of the pulp, which is rather firm. However, if the fruit is very ripe, the pulp becomes soft. Depending…
