Posts Tagged ‘saving the season’

November 2nd, 2010 - 10:04 am § in Dressings/ Sauces, Recipe

Fresh Pumpkin Butter Recipe

From the demo: Holiday Canning Recipe Courtesy of Kevin West (www.savingtheseason.com) Ingredients: half of a Fairytale or Cinderella pumpkin—a 5 to 6 pound chunk when raw 2 cups water organic or Demarra sugar smoked Pimentón or Espelette paprika, or smoked red New Mexico chile powder red pepper [...]

November 2nd, 2010 - 9:55 am § in Dressings/ Sauces, Recipe

CHUNKY CRANBERRY JAM Recipe

From the demo: Holiday Canning Recipe Courtesy of Kevin West (www.savingtheseason.com) Ingredients: 1 pound cranberries 1 hard apple such as Arkansas Black or Granny Smith, peeled, cored and sliced into 1/2-inch chunks 1 cup water 2 cups sugar 1 tablespoon brown sugar 1 tablespoon chopped fresh ging[...]

August 26th, 2010 - 12:03 pm § in Desserts, Recipe

FIG PRESERVES WITH HONEY AND WILD AROMATIC Recipe

From the demo: Saving the Season, with Kevin West (www.savingtheseason.com) 2 pounds black mission or brown Turkey figs, about 5 cups quartered 2 cups sugar 1/2 cup honey 1/2 teaspoon or more fennel seed 3 bay leaves zest from one lemon juice from one lemon Figs don’t need much prep. Just trim[...]

August 26th, 2010 - 12:02 pm § in Dressings/ Sauces, Recipe

HEIRLOOM TOMATO SAUCE

From the demo: Saving the Season, with Kevin West (www.savingtheseason.com) For 10 pints Any quantity of mixed heirloom tomatoes (One word of caution: weight your mix heavily in favor of red tomatoes over lower-acid yellow ones, since the high acid content of tomatoes is what allows us to safely can[...]

February 3rd, 2010 - 11:21 am § in Dressings/ Sauces, Recipe

Pink Grapefruit Marmalade with Vanilla

From the Demo: Saving the Season, Winter Citrus Recipe Courtesy of Bettina Birch, BeeGreenFarm     3 large ruby red grapefruits 3 cups water 4 cups sugar 1 vanilla bean, seeds scraped 2 tablespoons rose water or lemon juice 1. Set a large pot of water to boil. Cut off the peel of the grapefruits, [...]

February 3rd, 2010 - 11:15 am § in Dressings/ Sauces, Recipe

Lemon Curd

From the Demo: Saving the Season, Winter Citrus Recipe Courtesy of Bettina Birch, BeeGreenFarm My friend Susan Rush was an angel and made up a couple of different citrus recipes for tasting. Following is one great and easy lemon curd recipe: Good enough to eat by the spoonful, this curd can be used [...]

February 3rd, 2010 - 11:13 am § in Dressings/ Sauces, Recipe

PECTIN STOCK

From the Demo: Saving the Season, Winter Citrus Recipe Courtesy of Bettina Birch, BeeGreenFarm Christine Ferber, author of “Mes Confiture” inspires with her recipe for “Pectin Stock”, a natural alternative to packaged pectin. 3 1/2 pounds green apples  4 2/3 cups granulated [...]

February 3rd, 2010 - 11:11 am § in Beverages, Recipe

VIN DE PAMPLEMOUSSE

From the Demo: Saving the Season, Winter Citrus Recipe Courtesy of Kevin West at savingtheseason.com SPECIAL EQUIPMENT: 2 5-liter (or five-quart) jars with a sealable lids. 5 750 ml bottles with stoppers INGREDIENTS 6 yellow grapefruits (please try to find organic fruit, since the peel macerates for[...]

February 3rd, 2010 - 11:06 am § in Dressings/ Sauces, Recipe

TIME-TO-KILL MARMALADE

From the Demo: Saving the Season, Winter Citrus Recipe Courtesy of Kevin West at savingtheseason.com 2 lbs blood oranges (about 10 small fruits) 1 lb Meyer lemons (about 3 large fruits) 1/2 lb sour Eureka lemons (about 2 small fruits) 3.5 cups white granulated sugar 3/4 cup sage honey, or any other [...]

November 10th, 2009 - 6:18 pm § in Events, Information

Alert: Squid Ink Praises Our Canning Demo!

In case you missed it,our second installment of Saving the Season: Canning Fall, happened last Saturday in the Surfas Test Kitchen, where we welcomed back Bettina Birch of BeeGreenFarms, and Kevin West, blogger of Saving the Season for their vast knowledge in the art of canning (and tasty samples). [...]

November 8th, 2009 - 3:47 pm § in Dressings/ Sauces, Recipe

FRESH PERSIMMON BUTTER

From the Demo, Saving the Season- Fall Demo Recipe courtesy of Kevin West Please note that persimmons do not have enough natural acidity to be safely canned, since low-acid foods can develop botulism during shelf storage. Accordingly this is a “fresh jam” that should be stored in the fri[...]

November 8th, 2009 - 3:45 pm § in Dressings/ Sauces, Recipe

Persimmon Chutney

From the Demo, Saving the Season- Fall Demo Recipe courtesy of Bettina Birch 1 pounds ripe persimmons 1 pound Black Arkansas apples 1/4 cup apple vinegar 1/4 cup lime juice 1/4 cup water 1/4 cup raisins, or other dried fruit 1/8 cup dark brown sugar 1/8 organic light sugar 1 tablespoon mustard seeds[...]