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Monthly Archives: October 2011
a harry halloween
Posted in Puppy
Tagged banana split dog costume, halloween dog costumes, old navy, Tibetan Terrier
rocco dispirito in the ‘hood!
Posted in New York
Tagged food truck, now eat this!, nyc, rocco dispirito, rocco dispirito food truck, tribeca, tribeca whole foods
month 8: the adventures of harry the puppy
Posted in Puppy
Tagged Black and White, harry the puppy, Puppy 8 months, Tibetan Terrier, tt, tt sleeping on back
bread & jam
the bread making bug is back! after buying copious loaves of bread from my local bakery, and then watching half the loaf go moldy before i got to it, i decided to start baking my own bread again . . . for some weird reason which i haven’t quite sorted out yet, bread baked at home seems last 1 to 1.5 wks before going molding. whereas the stuff i get from my local bakery, starts to catch that fuzzy green stuff within 3 days. hmmmmm . . .
i decided to launch the fall 2011 breadmaking season with KAF’s classic 100% whole wheat bread, except of course, i only had half the amount of whole wheat flour at hand and ended up having to substitute with bread flour. their recipe (with my substitutions) turns out a fantastically rustic loaf with the slightest bit of nuttiness. hubs and i have been eating the bread for over a week now…and it has yet to go moldy! yipee!
here’s the recipe. i used 200g of whole wheat flour and 200g of bread flour instead. i also opted for the maple syrup rather than the molasses (since i didn’t have any of the latter on hand).
now, what i’m really excited about is how well my white nectarine jam turned out. it’s fruity, peachy and has just the right consistency for thickly spreading on a slice of homemade wheat bread.
i purchased a flat of white nectarines from costco, which turned out to be rather dry and tasteless. and in my book, when life gives you tasteless white nectarines, you turn it into jam.
White Nectarine Jam
(makes about 1.5 quarts of jam)
White nectarines or peaches | 1.5 kg (washed, peeled and cut into chunks; about 8-10 nectarines) |
Seedless Grapes | 0.5 lb (washed and de-stemmed) |
Sugar | 800g |
Lemon Juice | From 3 large lemons |
Pectin (low methoxyl) | 3 tsp (and a 2 tbsp of calcium water for activation), or follow manufacturer’s recommendations for usage of pectin. |
- Combine all ingredients, except calcium water, in a large clean flat bottomed pot (i used a dutch oven).
- Mix together with a wooden spatula and let sit for 20 minutes.
- Bring the mixture up to a light boil and then turn off heat. Allow the mixture to cool and then store in refrigerator overnight. Place a clean white plate in the freezer overnight as well.
- The next day, pour calcium water into the mixture and bring to a boil. Stir constantly to ensure that the jam is evenly heated. Boil for 10 minutes or so.
- Then, take the pot off heat, and use an immersion blender to puree the fruit until smooth.
- Return the pot to the stove, and continue to boil / stir until the jam passes the frozen plate test. (take the plate out of the freezer. put a dab of jelly on the plate. push the jelly slight with your finger. if wrinkles form as you push the jam, it is ready).
- Pour jam into prepared jam jars immediately.
Posted in Bread Basket, Jams & Pastes
Tagged king arthur, white nectarine jam, white peach jam, whole wheat bread