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lottie

Joined: 11 Aug 2005
Posts: 5059
Location: ceredigion

Posted: Wed Feb 28, 07 8:32 am Post subject:
If you are having to buy fruit overipe bananas are often sold off cheaply and they make an unusual jam that kids like.

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
Posts: 32429

Posted: Wed Feb 28, 07 8:36 am Post subject:
Keep your eye open for when apricots glut, then they're dirt cheap and can be used for the finest jam known to man; apricot and elderflower. But yeah, all sorts are available by july; first of the currants, gooseberry, rhubarb, cherry, etc. Take your pick.

hedgehogpie

Joined: 02 May 2006
Posts: 684
Location: Kent

Posted: Wed Feb 28, 07 11:23 am Post subject:
Just a little something to keep you amused while I trawl my books: https://www.nikibone.com/recipe/marmalade.html Mmmm........

Madge

Joined: 15 Jan 2007
Posts: 97
Location: Rugby, Warks

Posted: Wed Feb 28, 07 5:14 pm Post subject: Banana jam?
How's that made then?

hedgehogpie

Joined: 02 May 2006
Posts: 684
Location: Kent

Posted: Wed Feb 28, 07 8:23 pm Post subject:

Onion Marmalade

1.25kg onions sliced into thin rings
3 tbsp salt
1kg preserving or granulated sugar
500ml vinegar
1 tsp cloves tied in a piece of muslin
2 tsp caraway seeds

Sprinkle the onion slices with the salt. Mix well and leave to stand for 1 hour. Rinse and dry.

Put the sugar, vinegar and muslin bag in the preserving pan. Bring to the boil, then simmer for 5 minutes. add the onions & caraway seeds. Return to the boil. skim, reduce the heat to minimum and cook for 2 to 2 and a half hours or until the syrup is thick and the onion translucent and golden brown.

Remove the pan from the heat and leave the onion to settle for a few minutes. Ladle the mixture into hot sterilised jars and then seal.

The marmalade is ready to eat immediately, but improves with keeping. Shelf life is 2 years.

This recipe is from Oded Schwartz's book "Preserving"
ISBN 0 7513 03452 (one of the best preserving books I own - it's brilliant & very inspiring)

He describes this onion marmalade as exceptionally good, with a sharp refreshing flavour (not at all 'oniony') and a rich colour. You can also add a little dried mint to it. It goes well with mutton or game (or a good strong cheese!).

MrsWW

Joined: 06 Jun 2006
Posts: 339
Location: West Sussex

Posted: Wed Feb 28, 07 8:41 pm Post subject:
Hedge, Is that Oded Schwarz book in print again? I tried looking a few years ago but was told it was out of print and I couldn't find a copy anywhere!

hedgehogpie

Joined: 02 May 2006
Posts: 684
Location: Kent

Posted: Wed Feb 28, 07 10:17 pm Post subject:
Naaahhh. I had to fight tooth and nail on Ebay for this one. (But I won! By G*d I won!!! ) One of those books you grab with both hands and run away with should you ever see it. Damned good. In fact, so good I don't understand why DK don't run it again. Maybe we ought to start a campaign.

lottie

Joined: 11 Aug 2005
Posts: 5059
Location: ceredigion

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 07 2:34 pm Post subject:
Picked one up last year in brand new condition at car boot---smashing book---didn't realise they were hard to get till I read mrs w.w.----just looked it up on Amazon----they want £36 quid for one!!!

Madge

Joined: 15 Jan 2007
Posts: 97
Location: Rugby, Warks

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 07 2:47 pm Post subject:
I'm with you Hedgehog - where's the petition?!!

lottie

Joined: 11 Aug 2005
Posts: 5059
Location: ceredigion

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 07 2:59 pm Post subject: Re: Banana jam?

Madge wrote:

How's that made then?

Sorry Madge --spent ages looking for the recipe---ripped out of a my weekly at the dentists at least 30 yrs ago and kept inside one of my cookery books since---I haven't made it for a couple of years---now the kids are grown up I tend to use "bargain buy" overipe bananas for winemaking. Can't find it so either one of my daughters has "liberated" the book it was in or I've already taken it to Wales---here are a couple from the internet and there are lots more.
banana jam
1kg peeled and chopped banana
5tbs lemon juice
750 grm sugar
put bananas abnd juice in pan bring to boil then simmer till bananas are soft add sugar stir till dissolved bring to boil remove any scum cook till setting point reached

the above is similar to the one i remember doing except i used to add some cinnamon and used jam sugar with pectin so it only needed boiling for 4 mins---what I spent extra on the sugar i made on the extra yield.
banana and pineapple jam
1kg bananas peeled ---mash half ----thinly slice the rest
7 oz pineapple juice
juice 2 lemons
1kg sugar with pectin
put bananas in pan stir in lemon and pineapple juice add sugar heat stirring till dissolved boil 4 mins then pot
there are tons more on the net----if i track down my recipe i'll post it lottie

Madge

Joined: 15 Jan 2007
Posts: 97
Location: Rugby, Warks

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 07 5:39 pm Post subject:
Hey! I just bought a copy of the Oded Schwartz book ("Preserving") on US ebay for $8!! Thanks for the tip. Bizarre, cos there's copies for sale at hundreds of dollars. Lucky me.

hedgehogpie

Joined: 02 May 2006
Posts: 684
Location: Kent

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 07 6:09 pm Post subject:
Congratulations! Ebay may be the closest thing to Mammon on the internet, but it has its uses.

Kinnopio

Joined: 14 Aug 2006
Posts: 356

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 07 8:05 pm Post subject:

Madge wrote:

Hey! I just bought a copy of the Oded Schwartz book ("Preserving") on US ebay for $8!! Thanks for the tip. Bizarre, cos there's copies for sale at hundreds of dollars. Lucky me.

And I managed to pick up a copy of Amazon marketplace for a tenner (most were around £30). It had been given a slightly different title by the seller for some reason so I had to scroll through a few pages before I found it - I assume everyone else had missed it.

It really is a good book - I have three jars of lemon curd in the fridge waiting for me to create endless yummy desserts out of them!

Madge

Joined: 15 Jan 2007
Posts: 97
Location: Rugby, Warks

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 07 9:54 pm Post subject:
This is turning into a best seller! What a great spread we'd have if we all got together in a couple of months' time.

hedgehogpie

Joined: 02 May 2006
Posts: 684
Location: Kent

Posted: Fri Mar 02, 07 12:26 am Post subject:
A formal meeting of the Oded Schwartz Preserving fan club?

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