Oven-roasted apple saffron jam
1 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Star anise | |
| 4 | Cloves | |
| 2 | Cinnamon sticks | |
| 4 | Mint leaves | |
| Zest from 1 lemon | ||
| 2 | pounds | Sugar |
| 6 | pounds | Apples, peeled and chopped into large pieces |
| Juice of 1-1/2 limes | ||
| 1 | cup | Water |
| 2 | \"shavings\" from a piece of saffron, (2 to 3) | |
Directions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Gently mash star anise, cloves and cinnamon sticks with a mortar and pestle.
Mix together water and lime juice in a small container..
Combine sugar, apples, mashed spices, mint leaves, lemon zest, ½ cup of lime juice and water, and saffron in a roasting pan. Cover with aluminum foil and put in oven.
After 10 minutes, add ½ cup of lime juice and water. Roast ingredients for another 10 minutes, then add remaining ½ cup of lime juice and water.
Roast for an additional 10 minutes.
Immediately blend ingredients in a food processor or blender until the ingredients have reached the consistency of jam.
Store jam in jars.
Recipe by: CHEF DU JOUR MARCUS SAMUELSSON SHOW #DJ9369 Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #050 by "Ed Bauman" <BIRCHCREEK@...> on Feb 17, 97.