6 Granny Smith apples 6 Braeburn or other sweet apples 6 T. fresh lemon juice Ball's Fruit Fresh (a citric acid powder that prevents fruit from browning) 3 c. sugar 2 c. apple juice (not cider) 1 t. grated tonka bean (substitute the seeds of a scraped vanilla bean if you'd rather) 2 T. honey Peel, core and cut the apples into 1" chunks. Toss immediately with the lemon … [Read more...]
DOUBLE BLUEBERRY JAM: ORIGINAL GOURMET RECIPE
"Double" is the drawing card for this special blueberry jam recipe --thusly dubbed because it calls for wild Maine blueberries mixed with dried blueberries. Here, homemade jam's familiar smooth, soft texture is studded with plump, chewier nuggets of concentrated blueberry flavor. "Oh my, this is good" is the … [Read more...]
CRANBERRY ROSEMARY MUSTARD: 2010 RECIPE
Last year's batch of Cranberry Rosemary Mustard recipe garnered raves and people have been asking if it'll be returning this Christmas (it is). And yet, and yet, last year's batch fell a little short in the color department. Mind you, no complaints or disparaging words were heard, but the ingredient's dull yellow, darkest red and … [Read more...]
SPICED PEACH JAM:ORIGINAL GOURMET RECIPE
Redolent with heady spices calling to mind the gifts of the Magi, this spiced peach jam recipe will carry you through the twelve days of Christmas and beyond. Infused with star anise, cloves and cinnamon stick, spiced peach jam can start lively conjecture on which of the three kings would have brought these spices to honor the savior born … [Read more...]
PEACH MELON PIGNOLI JAM
One of my favorite maxims (and one some find most irritating) is to tell people to remind me to do things only when I am acutally in a position to do them. For instance "Remember to pick up the dry cleaning Thursday" isn't worth much to me on Tuesday. Tell me on Thursday when I am heading out the door. So now I'm breaking one of my own … [Read more...]
THE BEST THANKSGIVING RECIPES FROM SPECTACULARLY DELICIOUS
As the big day approaches, here's a quick guide to some of the best Spectacularly Delicious Thanksgiving-appropriate recipes. Make them yourself or assign them to the "Is there anything I can bring?" Less work for daddy and happiness all around. Start out with the new Brussels Sprouts Hash with Bacon recipe. Even if you can't get to a fresh … [Read more...]
POMEGRANATE JELLY: A GEM OF A RECIPE
While you could make this garnet-colored (my birthstone!) jelly with bottled pomegranate juice, it's better with fresh. And not all that difficult. Juicing a pomegranate is pretty easy -- remove the seed (arils) first using the POM Wonderful method learned at the International Food Blogger's Conference. Watch the video here. It takes two pomegranates to yield a … [Read more...]
ENDLESS PICKLED PEPPERS
"Endless" Pickled Peppers were born of necessity, intuition and practicality. Here's how it went down: The fearless, voracious deer that enjoy our yard more than we do eat ev-er-y-thing. Seems like the the plants heralded on the "Deer Don't Eat These" lists posted at the nursery actually mean "Deer Don't Eat the Majority of … [Read more...]
PICKLED SEABEANS (SALICORNIA)
Down at East Hampton's Three Mile Harbor, already mentioned about 100 times in S.D. posts about clams and oysters and the like, I've long eyed the lush clumps of Salicornia. This stalky succulent thrives in the salt marshes at water's edge, and now, at long last, I've been turned onto a great new recipe … [Read more...]
CORN RELISH
This recipe for corn relish is a flagship of Springy Banks Cannery (a.k.a. my kitchen). Rather than elaborate with frills and filigrees, as is so often the case when I repeat recipes year after year, this minimalist treatment is the Mies van der Rohe of corn relish recipes. Hey let's drag in another pretentious reference! Coco Chanel is on record … [Read more...]