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Pickling cucumbers to fill suitable ceramic, glass or plastic crock (5#) Grape leaves Fresh or Dry Dill, Garlic, Chilies, Black Pepper, Mustard Seed, etc. 6T Kosher Salt 2 Quarts Water Try to find cucumbers that are uniform in size and firm — you don’t want to make pickles with old, floppy cucumbers. Clean . . . → Read More: Sour Dill Pickles Tomato Hot Pepper Jam 2.5# Mixed Heirloom Tomatoes Mixed chilies to taste (2 Orange Habenero, 2 ripe red Jalapenos, 2 Fish, 2 Thai dragon) 2 cups sugar Juice of one lemon big pinch of sel gris Mill everything tomatoes and peppers and combine in non-reactive pot with sugar and lemon juice and bring . . . → Read More: Jigsaw (Enigma, #3) We love sauerkraut and have been happily forking over for Alexander Valley Gourmet’s fresh sauerkraut to get our fermented veggie fix. We’d been put off trying to make our own by accounts of wet moldy rags and open pickling crocks and then we read this SF. Chronicle article on fermented foods that had a . . . → Read More: Sauerkraut: if I’d only known you were so easy Emily made a batch of Nocino with this recipe this year to celebrate her birthday and we just finished bottling it tonight. The walnuts were a little ahead of us this year and may have been a little too mature. It is also a little citrusy and doesn’t have the depth that we hoped . . . → Read More: Nocino 2 large cukes 1/2 yellow onion, sliced 4 cloves garlic, smashed 1c water 1c cider vinegar 1 1/2 c sugar (to taste) salt (to taste, 1/2 t?) 1t mustard seeds 1t turmeric 1/2 t celery seeds 1/2 t pickling spice 1/2 t red pepper flakes Toast spices to help release flavors, combine with . . . → Read More: Refrigerator Pickles 5# Apricots juice and zest of 1 lemon 3c sugar 1c, scant, water kernels from 1/2 of the apricots Combine all ingredients, cook, process! 4# Apricots (Blenheim) Juice and zest from 1 lemon 3c sugar 1 scant cup water 1/4 cup fresh lavender flowers kernels from about 1/2 of apricots Combine all incredients, except for lavender flowers in a heavy pot and cook until nearly done. Add lavender flowers to taste and cook another 5 to 10 . . . → Read More: Apricot Lavender Jam #1 3/4oz Nocino della Cristina 1/2 oz Galliano 1/2 oz Cointreau 1/2 oz citrus infused vodka 1 oz cream 1 egg white Shake, with ice, serve in a cocktail class. Maybe with a preserved cherry or lemon twist spritzed around the rim. We’ve been searching for a cocktail to features Nocino della Cristina but haven’t . . . → Read More: Milk Maid 5# Quinces 2 Lemons (to taste) Sugar Cut quinces into small chunks and put into pot half about half covered with water. Bring to boil and cook until the quinces are soft. Mill, strain, measure and return to heat. Add lemon zest and juice to taste. Add 1/4 of puree’s volume in sugar. . . . → Read More: Quince Butter Quinces Water Sugar Lemon Cut up and slice the unpeeled quinces thinly and place in a large non-reactive pot. Add enough water to cover. Bring to a hard boil, turn down heat to a simmer. Cook until not quite mushy. Turn out entire contents of the pot into a large chinoise or strainer . . . → Read More: Quince Jelly, Yum! |
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