Lola and us wish you a merry Xmas and a Happy New Year 2011. We also wish to surprise your taste buds all along the coming year with our new researches and productions. Lola told me she hopes she will have more and more happy friends of the jams.
The weekly recipe:
The Austrian Linzer torte is a simple pie with jam. The paste is a little original. For a pie for 8 people, you mix 130 g of nut powder (or equivalent) with the same quantity of sugar and flour. Add 4 yolks of eggs and 130 g of butter cut in dice. Add a little water to get a smooth and homogeneous paste. Make a ball with the paste and keep in a plastic bag in the fridge 30 minutes.
The Austrian Linzer torte is a simple pie with jam. The paste is a little original. For a pie for 8 people, you mix 130 g of nut powder (or equivalent) with the same quantity of sugar and flour. Add 4 yolks of eggs and 130 g of butter cut in dice. Add a little water to get a smooth and homogeneous paste. Make a ball with the paste and keep in a plastic bag in the fridge 30 minutes.
Pre-heat the oven at 190°C. Spread the paste. This quantity is good for a mold around 18 cm diameter. Pour the jam, 300 to 500 g, for example the guyabano jam or the Kalumpit jam (Sarali) and decorate with the remaining paste. Oven 55 minutes. You eat this pie cold.
The question of the week:
How to know if there is pectin in a fruit?
Pectin exists naturally in fruits. The concentration is not the same in all the fruits and varies with the ripeness. Worst, appears now fruits like tomatoes
genetically modified and without pectin to keep marketable the fruit a longer time. Not far is the time we will have in our plates the shape and the color of a fruit but not the taste!
Anyway the question is to know rapidly if there is pectin or not. A simple test will help you: mix 1 tsp (teaspoon 5ml) alcohol 90° (it works better than with 70°) and 1 TBS (tablespoon 15 ml) of the hot jam. Depending of the clogging you can conclude:
- you get a compact block: the juice is rich in pectin,
- you get 2 to 3 small balls: the juice has an average concentration in pectin,
- you get small scattered balls: the juice is poor in pectin.
It is not easy to find information about the quantity of pectin of tropical fruits especially when you use local fruits not exported. You must experience yourself.
Example of fruits founded in the Philippines poor in pectin: cherries, strawberries, melons, pears, grapes,...
Example of fruits founded in the Philippines rich in pectin: apples, guava, mulberries, citrus fruits in general,...
Available this week (bottles 300g, 8oz):CLASSICAL JAMS
Guyabano-calamansi 130P
Guyabano-calamansi 130P
Jackfruit-calamansi 130P (available in few stores)
Pomelo-orange 130P
Papaya-Buko 130P
Breadfruit 130P (available in few stores)
Breadfruit 130P (available in few stores)
Tomato-apple 150P
Watermelon 140P
ACCOMPANIMENT NOT SPICY
Batwan 140P
Kalumpit, (Sarali) 150P
SPICY JAMS
Chili 180P
Ginger 150P
Green mango (Chutney) 180P
Sweet pepper 180P
Minimum order for home delivery: 6 bottles mixed, Free delivery in Bacolod (payment at the delivery)NOTE: this prices are not applied in local selling places
Send your remarks and orders to:
Send your remarks and orders to:
lolasgardenjam@gmail.com
or Text: 0919 3555 424
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