Wednesday, November 27, 2019

SWEET AND SPICY

The holidays are a time to bring out some time-honored recipes.

SWMBO has some that are favorites, like her Red Pepper Jelly.

To begin . . .


. . . some big beautiful red bell peppers . . .


. . . chopped up and combined with the juice of some lemons . . .


. . . in the food processor . . .


. . . where they are pureed and then strained . . .


. . . and then boiled and stirred on the stovetop with a generous slash of sugar, some red wine vinegar, a little of the strained juice, pectin and a surprise ingredient this year: a slosh of Sambal Indonesian hot sauce to give it a little kick.


The eventual jelly is poured into glasses and topped with some melted paraffin and cooled.

Kind of looks like Christmas, doesn't it?

9 comments:

  1. Those look amazing, and not too difficult.

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  2. I give it a 10/10 for looks, but not sure I'd try it.

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  3. Interesting! I've never heard of pepper jelly. Do you eat it on toast?

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  4. That does look quite yummy.

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  5. That sounds delicious. I'm thinking it would be good on ham or on burgers.

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  6. Zhoen - The Sambal takes care of that.

    William - Like I said, sweet and spicy.

    Val - You have to be more daring. :^D

    Steve - It's great with a little cream cheese on crackers until you adapt to the flavor.

    Sharon - Perhaps ham, but not hamburgers.

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