Use an electric blender and eliminate the need for pressing or sieving. Yield: About 9 pints Procedure: Wash tomatoes and dip in boiling water for 30 to 60 seconds or until skins split. Then dip in cold water, slip off skins, core, and quarter. Remove seeds from peppers and slice into strips. Peel and quarter […]
Condiments
Herbed Oil
Combine all ingredients and let stand covered for 24 hours. Decant oil and store in a cool dark place.
Mums Green Tomato Chutney
Wash tomatoes, apples and peppers thoroughly. Trim and quarter tomatoes. Core and quarter apples. Seed and slice peppers. Peel and quarter onions. Put vegetables and fruit through the coarse blade of a food grinder or process in small batches in a food processor. As each batch of fruit-vegetable mixture is processed into medium chunks, place […]
Chicken Santa Fe
Place chicken between two pieces of wax paper. On hard surface, with meat mallet or similar flattening utensil, pound to 1/4″ thickness. In large plastic zip-lock bag, place chicken in single layer. Add marinade;close bag; refrigerate and marinate, turning once, for 1 hour. Bring chicken to room temperature; place on broiler pan and brush liberally […]
Pickled Nastutium Seeds
Method: cover nasturtium pods with salted water for three days, changing water daily. Drain and dry them. Put spiced vinegar ingredients in a saucepan. Boil hard for 10 mins then allow to cool. Put pods in a jar layered with a few tarragon leaves and plenty of horseradish. Strain cold vinegar over seeds and cover. […]
Lemon Herb Seasoning
Use to season fish, chicken, turkey.
Clotted Cream, Devon-style
Im not sure this works without FRESH, REALLY FRESH, LIKE RIGHT FROM THE COW FRESH milk. Let milk stand in earthenware pans for 12 to 24 hours (12 in summer, 24 in winter; these are English temp.s, BTW). Carefully lift & place on a stove & simmer very slowly. Do not allow to boil. Simmer […]
Creamy Apple Spread
Mix all ingredients. Refrigerate any remaining spread.
All Day Chicken
Marinade: The night before you plan on slow cooking your dinner, mix together the marinade ingredients in a large, closable container large enough to also hold the chicken pieces. When marinade is thoroughly mixed, add the chicken, close container and refrigerate until morning. In the morning place the chicken in the slow cooker and add […]
Onion Marmalade
Slice the onions into half rings (looks better than cubes) and cook in butter over medium heat until they start to caramelize (ie turn brown on the edges). Then add vinegar and sugar and simmer for 10 minutes. Ive made it with honey, but I think the brown sugar produces a better flavor.
