Saturday, August 21, 2010

Spicy Tomato Jam

Ingredients

  • 4 large lemons
  • 5 1/2 pounds plum tomatoes, cored and cut into 1-inch pieces
  • 4 cups light muscovado sugar or packed light brown sugar
  • 4 teaspoons ground cumin
  • Kosher salt
  • 2 scant teaspoons red pepper flakes
  • 4 small cinnamon sticks
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 8 1/8-inch-thick slices peeled ginger

Using a vegetable peeler, peel long strips of lemon zest from 4 lemons.  Then using a strainer, juice those lemons.  Place both into a large pot. 


Core and chop the tomatoes into one inch pieces and add them to pot.


Peel the Ginger and cut into 1/8 inch pieces and add to pot.  Also add the rest of the spices including 6 tsp salt and the brown sugar.


Now stir and combine.  Simmer over medium high heat until sugar dissolves.


Now continue simmering for an additional 45 minutes until thick and syrupy. While this is simmering, follow the instructions at
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes-and-cooking/how-to-preserve/pictures/index.html..

And finally you get your jars fo spicy tomato jam.  

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