Charoset for Passover, or Wine Apple Walnut Conserve for the rest of you. Call it a “wine jam”, if you will. Made from Kosher for Passover concord grape wine, apples, walnuts and accented with ground cinnamon, ginger, and cloves, charoset (the “ch”pronounced like you’re clearing your throat), is a traditional part of the…
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Mushroom Jam
I originally called this, “Oyster Mushroom Jam”. Predictably, people went a little nuts. “Eewww! Oysters in jam???” No. I used the variety of mushroom called oyster. They look like this: While slightly sweet from the small amount of honey, this is more of a savory, tangy condiment that’s meant as a topping or…
Spicy Watermelon Jam
Give me fruit and I’m going to make jam. In under an hour. That was the culinary challenge I accepted at an Eat, Write, Retreat food bloggers conference, several years ago. The fruit? Watermelon! Now, there was something I’d never done before. And since our theme at the time was Cinco de Mayo, it called…