condiment
Sweet Bread and Butter Pickles
Fresh Tomato Salsa with Maple Syrup
Fresh Tomato Salsa with Maple Syrup| Makes 6 cups or 3 pints In Vermont we add maple syrup to everything, including fresh tomatoes and herbs for a fresh, tangy salsa. The sweet syrup tames the acidity of tomatoes, add the small bite of hot peppers and it is an explosion of flavors. Don’t be daunted […]
Ginger Peach Chutney
Ginger peach chutney is a condiment made from fresh fruits and strong spices, it simmers on the stovetop for almost an hour until it reaches a glossy sheen; packed into jars and stored for several months to build up plenty of intense flavor. Making the first batch of the season is a little bit like […]
Rose Hip Jam
In August, when the rose hips were ripe and ready to harvest, I filled a basket with about two pounds of hips. The plan was to make my grandmother’s recipe for jelly. It was one that she learned to make from a friend and handed down to me and I remember making it with her […]
Green Tomato and Pepper Piccalilli
Green Tomato and Pepper Piccalilli | 6 pints Sweet pickles have been my summer staple, and make them every August with small pickling cucumbers. When a friend gave me her family recipes for Piccalilli, I found this spicy relish so much more useful that I’ve almost given up pickles forever. Piccalilli is often served with hotdogs […]
Old-Fashioned Strawberry Jam
Old-Fashioned Strawberry Jam It’s strawberry season and the kitchen counter is filled with canning jars, sugar, and berries. I gave up making jam with pectin long ago. My jam takes a little longer to boil, but the natural pectin in the fruit, along with the added pectin in the lemon zest produces a reliably thick, chunky […]
Raspberry Peach Jam Recipe
While other people are waving flags at the Fourth of July town parade, I celebrate by filling flats at a pick-your-own berry farm. Once home, the canning kettle is dusted off and the mason jars come up from the basement. Recipes for jam should come with a warning label: “Danger, habit-forming process ahead. May result in eating […]
Ginger Peach Chutney
GINGER PEACH CHUTNEY is a condiment made from fresh fruits and strong spices, it simmers on the stovetop for almost an hour until it reaches a glossy sheen; packed into jars and stored for several months to build up plenty of intense flavor. It was in late September, with the leaves changing color out side my kitchen window and […]
Raspberry Peach Jam
Raspberry Peach Jam Makes 6 pints Raspberries and peaches are old friends, and ripen at the same time during the summer, so why not put them together into a jam? Chunks of sweet peaches blending nicely with the tartness of the raspberries, it’s pure summer in a jar to spread onto toast on the grayest […]
Watermelon Pickles
Carrot Orange Marmalade
