Awesome Alliteration. It was a busy weekend for both of us. Aside from all the heavy lifting too shoveling dirt, the kitchen turned into a peach processing plant. (It's my 24-hour interval for awesome alliteration.) Yesterday's yield was vii half-pints of Peach Chutney.
I can't recollect where the peach chutney recipe came from, but this is the recipe I'm using:
Peach Chutney
Makes 7-8 one-half pints
Ingredients:
2 quarts sliced, peeled pitted peaches (about 10 large)
2 teaspoons kosher salt
2 1/2 cups dark-brown sugar
1 1/2 cups ruby vino vinegar
1/4 loving cup Worcestershire sauce
1 loving cup chopped onion (about 1 large)
2 tablespoons crystallized ginger, minced
1/4 teaspoon dry ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon crushed ruby pepper flakes
3/4 loving cup bottled lime juice
Directions:
Combine all ingredients inward a large sauce pot. Simmer until thick, most 1-1/2 hours. When chutney has cooked downwards some, piece of employment a spud masher to suspension upward peach slices, if necessary. Continue stirring ofttimes to forestall sticking. Ladle hot chutney into hot jars, leaving 1/4-inch caput space. Adjust two-piece caps. Process 10 minutes inward a boiling-water canner. Increase processing fourth dimension five minutes for every 1,000 feet of elevation.
When I purchased the peaches, I didn't convey inward hear to brand peach jam, but I'm realizing I may convey overshot the score inward my guess of how many peaches I would need. Fortunately, I similar peaches, too these are good. I've been eating my fair part equally I work. And so, side past times side up, peach jam. This was pretty quick to make.
Just earlier writing this post, I was reading most "floating fruit." Apparently this is a normal component of making fruit jams, but in that place tin live on a lot of dissimilar reasons for it. In my case, I think my fruit is simply slightly under-ripe. Most of it is coming off the pit simply fine, but a few of the smaller peaches convey been pretty hard too hard to pit. There is a remedy that involves turning the jars upside down, thus right-side up, at hour-long intervals. As the jam cools, this tin assist to redistribute the fruit. As it is, I'm non worried most this, nor employ I attention much. We had it on our English linguistic communication muffins this morning, too it was deliciously peachy.
And since I'm non fifty-fifty halfway through the peaches, I decided a peach crisp for 2 was inward order. Like I said, I'm eating my fair part too, although Mike requested the crisp.
My friend Marei says this is a peach crisp for one, too she admonished me to set a large scoop of vanilla H2O ice cream on it. And I responded that I don't fifty-fifty think it's legal to consume a crisp without H2O ice cream. Honestly. I think that sort of demeanour mightiness earn y'all a nickel stretch inward the federal penitentiary.
So spell I was making jam too chutney too crisp, Mike was out shoveling dirt. Now the peony bed is laid upward for some peonies. Ours are supposed to brand it inward October.
If I were a peony, I'd think this looks similar a proficient house to set downwards roots. Wouldn't you?
So it'll live on to a greater extent than peaches today. I'm making Zesty Peach Barbecue Sauce. H5N1 few years agone I made some "Spicy Peach Barbecue Sauce," too it was thus spicy it knocked our heads off. (Having our heads knocked off is a frequent occurrence during canning season.) So this year, I decided to become for "zesty" over "spicy." Surely that won't live on equally hot equally the outset round. And speaking of "spicy," I'm certain I'll convey enough of peaches for a novel jam I'd similar to try. The novel 1 is Peach Jalapeno Preserves. I convey some jalapenos from our CSA shares, too thus it seems similar a proficient means to knock off 2 nutrient sources inward 1 jar.
H5N1 few of my canning sisters on Facebook convey been making peach jam without outset peeling the peaches. They nation it makes no divergence inward the character of the jam. And, heck, when I brand salsa, I exit the love apple tree skins on, thus I'd similar to hand that a try. Just straightaway I posted a inquiry to the "hive mind," most whether I could exit the skins on regardless of the recipe. I'll hand the hive hear a spell to cogitate on that too thus brand my decision.
Before I tin employ anything today, I postulate to brand a trip to the grocery shop for some needed ingredients, too I postulate to halt off at the postal service office. Aside from that, it'll live on peaches all 24-hour interval long.