Saturday, September 24, 2016

guava salsa

2 lb 6 oz guava puree (with lemon juice)
3 shallots, diced
3 hawaiian peppers
2 ancho chilis, dried
3 chipotle chilies, dried
2 cloves garlic
1 cup vinegar
1/4 cup coconut sugar

simmer about an hour
yeild: about 5.5 cups

delicious!

Sunday, April 24, 2016

mountain apple chutney

derived from:
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2010/May/26/il/hawaii5260307.html

1.5 lb mountain apples from Irene
1.5 cups organic sugar
1 cup cider vinegar
2 tsp cinnamon (cassia)
1 tsp allspice

chop mountain apples
heat everything else in a saucepan and bring to boil
add chopped maintain apples
bring back to boil, then simmer at low heat 15 min
drain fruit and pack in jars (2 x 8 oz)
steam process 10 min

dilute strained juice with water as drink - yum!

try 2:

2 lb mountain apples from Irene
(rest the same)

Sunday, March 27, 2016

soursop cinnamon lemon marmalade

[really, 1/2 batch]

2 cups (1 lb) soursop juice/slurry
1 lemon
1 cinnamon stick
2/3 cup organic cane sugar

- juice lemon, then thinly slice peel, leave as much pith as you'd like
- mix peal slices and juice and set aside
- heat soursop and cinnamon in non-reactive pot, bring to bowl then reduce to simmer 10"
- add lemon peel and juice, simmer 10"
- add sugar, bring to boil 5-15" until seems to want to set
- pour in jars (2 x 8 oz) and process or refrigerate