Whisk together & set aside:
90g flour
45g cocoa powder
3g espresso powder
1/4tsp salt
Melt 100g butter and set aside to cool.
Whip to ribbon stage:
3 eggs
100g vanilla sugar (or regular sugar, and add a bit of extract)
20mL dark rum
Fold flour mixture and butter into egg/sugar mixture. Bake 10-12 minutes at 375*F.
Lilian Dickinson's Tomato Jam
6# tomatoes (from Jeff--Better Boy and/or Big Boy)
3# brown sugar
1# raisins
1 pint vinegar
2T ground cinnamon (Penzey's Ceylon)
1T ground cloves (Spice Hunter)
1T salt (pickling)
1 grated nutmeg
1/2tsp ground black pepper
Added raisins at 214*F. Went to 216*F total.
Yielded a smidge over 9 cups.
Shirley Sauce #1 (New Mexico)
5# 6oz Jeff tomatoes $5.38
6.2ox New Mexico peppers $1.14
16.9oz Colvita red wine vinegar $3.99
1.5# Marv onions $1.50
2T pickling salt (45g) $0.05
2c sugar $0.78
Seeded the tomatoes this time, yielded 4 pints plus about a cup. $2.85/pint
Shirley Sauce #2 (jalapeno)
2c sugar $0.78
2T pickling salt (45g) $0.05
16.9oz Colavita red wine vinegar $3.99
5.25# Jeff tomatoes $5.25
1.5# Marv onions $1.50
1.5oz New Mexico chiles $0.28
4.3oz jalapeno peppers
Seeded this batch, too. It made in difference in the cooking time; we'll probably keep seeding. Yielded pints plus about a cup.
Shirley Sauce
2c sugar (400g) $0.78
2T pickling salt (40g) $0.04
2c Holland House Red Wine Vinegar ($4.19)
1.5# Marv onions $1.50
5.25 Jeff tomatoes $5.25
6.2oz New Mexico peppers $1.14
Yielded 5 pints $2.58/pint
Buffaloberry Jelly
9oz berries
1.5c water
Yielded 1.75c juice (which was weird and milky looking)
260g sugar (0.75c/cup juice)
Yielded (2) 4oz jars plus just over half a 4oz jar. I'm a bit afraid it's over-set.
Shirley Sauce
5.25# Mom-tomatoes (mixed Early Girl & Lowe's Special)
1.5# Marv onions ($1.50)
3.4oz Patty peppers
2c sugar ($0.78)
16.9oz Bonvita red wine vinegar ($3.69)
2T pickling salt ($0.05)
tiny sprinkle of red pepper flakes
4 pints, plus 1.5c ($1.27/pint)
Peaches in Syrup (USDA Complete Book of Home Canning)
6# peaches, peeled and sliced or halved (12, peeled and quartered)
5 1/4c water
2 1/4c sugar
7 pints--six of them contain 7 quarters, one contains six.
Peaches in Syrup (Foolproof Preserving)
6# peaches, peeled & quartered (12)
4c sugar
6c water
4 quarts, they are not quite full. Could use 1-2 more quarters, I think.
