Monday, August 1, 2011

A new jam for a new month

Well, after many, many test batches I finally have a jam made out of my blueberries (handpicked at Bowerman's in Holland). I looked over recipes and flavor combinations and just had *too* many things I wanted to try out, so what did I do? I tried them all. There were a lot of good samples to be had, but one stood above the rest on my testers' palates: blueberry with cinnamon and nutmeg. I ran a few more tests with this trying out acids, sweeteners and spice quantities and ended up with the following ingredient list: blueberries, cane sugar, honey (from Owosso), pectin, lime juice and zest, apple cider vinegar, cinnamon and nutmeg. I have yet to crack open a jar of the final batch, but if it's anything like the test batches or what I tested as it was cooking, it might be your favorite yet! It has a subtle but distinct lime bite and a powerful spice aroma, and yet the blueberry never gets lost. As always, free jar if you submit a name and I like it the best. Right now I'm working with Blimey and Christmas in Bluly.

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