Our Garden is doing really well. Our first harvest was radish which I made into breakfast hash and roasted with some carrots to have as a side with spring dinners. Now though, we are getting to the time when things really start to happen. It feels like our Zucchini plant exploded overnight. I'm sick of it already, So I decided to pull out some of my favorite Zucchini recipes.
As soon as I get enough I will be Canning the zucchini to make fake pineapple to use in the winter. Here is the recipe I will use!
Adapted from this recipe for Zesty Peace BBQ Sauce
Ingredients:
6 Cups finely chopped pitted Cherries, about 3lbs
1 cup chopped Onion
3 tbsp chopped Garlic
1 1/4 cups Honey
3/4 Apple Cider Vinegar
1 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
2 tsp Red Pepper Flakes
2 tsp Dry Mustard
1 tsp Salt
2 tsp Orange Zest
1/2 Chipolte Chiles in Adobo, minces and seeded.
This made 8 8oz Jars
Prepare your canner, Cans, Jars and lids.
Make hard working husband pit pounds and pounds of cherries.
and chop finely.. This process takes a while so put on some good music and get into it.
Combine everything in a large sauce pan, bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring frequently until mixture thickens to the consistency of a thin commercial barbecue sauce. This takes about 30 minutes.
Ladle hot sauce into hot jars, leaving 1/2 inch head space. Remove air bubbles, wipe rim and process in a boiling water canner for 15 minutes. Adjusting appropriately for altitude. Remove jars.
This stuff goes with everything, I've put it on the side of the majority of things i've eaten in the last couple of days!
Ingredients:
6 Cups finely chopped pitted Cherries, about 3lbs
1 cup chopped Onion
3 tbsp chopped Garlic
1 1/4 cups Honey
3/4 Apple Cider Vinegar
1 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
2 tsp Red Pepper Flakes
2 tsp Dry Mustard
1 tsp Salt
2 tsp Orange Zest
1/2 Chipolte Chiles in Adobo, minces and seeded.
This made 8 8oz Jars
Prepare your canner, Cans, Jars and lids.
Make hard working husband pit pounds and pounds of cherries.
Combine everything in a large sauce pan, bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring frequently until mixture thickens to the consistency of a thin commercial barbecue sauce. This takes about 30 minutes.
Ladle hot sauce into hot jars, leaving 1/2 inch head space. Remove air bubbles, wipe rim and process in a boiling water canner for 15 minutes. Adjusting appropriately for altitude. Remove jars.
This stuff goes with everything, I've put it on the side of the majority of things i've eaten in the last couple of days!
I usually make my own pizza dough because I don't like the stuff you buy in the store. It looks so stale and crusty and yuck! The bake-your-own stuff is $3 in these parts, for that I could probably make 10 crusts of my own. This is the recipe I follow, It costs me pennies because I usually have all of these things in anyway.
1/2 Cup Warm Water
2 Tablespoons Dry Yeast
5 Cups Bread Flour (Its best to use Bread Flour but if I don't have it in, I use regular and it's just fine)
1 1/2 cups cool water
2 Teaspoons of Salt
1/4 cup Olive Oil
2 Tablespoons of Honey
In a large bowl, stir the yeast into into the warm water until dissolved. Let it stand for about ten minutes. It should get a little foamy top like beer.
Add the flour, the cool water, salt, olive oil and honey into the yeast mixture. Knead with a dough hook for about 5 minutes or by hand for 7.
Place the dough in a large greased bowl, cover with a damp (but not dripping wet) tea towel or i've found paper towel works ok too... just wet it a little.
Allow it to rise for 30-45 minutes or until just about doubled in size. I usually put my oven on 175 then switch it off. The temperature in the oven stays warm but not too warm.
Take out your dough and punch down, divide into 2 portions for 2 cookie sheet size pizzas. If you want to freeze some, coat each ball of dough in olive oil, wrap in plastic/place in zippy and freeze. Just let it defrost for a day and then then let rise, punch down and make your pizza.
1/2 Cup Warm Water
2 Tablespoons Dry Yeast
5 Cups Bread Flour (Its best to use Bread Flour but if I don't have it in, I use regular and it's just fine)
1 1/2 cups cool water
2 Teaspoons of Salt
1/4 cup Olive Oil
2 Tablespoons of Honey
In a large bowl, stir the yeast into into the warm water until dissolved. Let it stand for about ten minutes. It should get a little foamy top like beer.
Add the flour, the cool water, salt, olive oil and honey into the yeast mixture. Knead with a dough hook for about 5 minutes or by hand for 7.
Place the dough in a large greased bowl, cover with a damp (but not dripping wet) tea towel or i've found paper towel works ok too... just wet it a little.
All my tea towels are in the wash, paper towel it is!
Allow it to rise for 30-45 minutes or until just about doubled in size. I usually put my oven on 175 then switch it off. The temperature in the oven stays warm but not too warm.
Take out your dough and punch down, divide into 2 portions for 2 cookie sheet size pizzas. If you want to freeze some, coat each ball of dough in olive oil, wrap in plastic/place in zippy and freeze. Just let it defrost for a day and then then let rise, punch down and make your pizza.
On Saturday afternoon I spent my day climbing up cherry trees like a monkey at an Orchard nearby. After picking 7lbs of cherries, yes SEVEN lbs! I came home and got some things together to make cherry pie filling in cans. I wanted to can the filling, rather than freeze because it lasts longer that way and I like to leave some room in my freezer for when things go on sale. The following recipie is for a 1 quart jar, I just tripled it so I had enough for three jars, with the left overs I made boozey drunk cherries to put in cocktails when I feel the need.
Cherry Pie Filling (from CanningUSA.com)
5 Cups of pitted cherries (for the love of your sanity, buy a cherry pitter)
Nutmeg - about a 1/4 teaspoon, I just threw it in there
Cinnamon - about 1/4 teaspoon
1/4 Cup Water
3/4 Cup sugar
3 Tablespoons of Clear Gel. (I may have used cornstarch instead but you're really not supposed to)
2 tablespoons Lemon Juice
Work out how much you need of each for the amount of pie filling your making, as I stated earlier, I made three quarts so just timed everything by three.
Clean and pit your cherries, Child labor comes in REAL handy here.
Combine your water, spices sugar, lemon juice and clear gel (or cornstarch if your naughty) in a large heavy pan. Bring to a boil stirring continuously to avoid lumping of the Clear Gel.
Add your cherries, bring up to a simmer for about five minutes, stirring continuously. This should get pretty thick, like canned cherry pie filling but with actual cherries in it!
I used the water bath canning method for this and processed them for 30 minutes. I'm going to make a post about water bath canning very shortly! Until then, do a google search and you can find out lots of instructions.
Drunk, Boozey, Alcoholic Cherries.
1/4 Cup Water
1/4 Sugar
1 Cup Brandy
Place leftover pitted cherries in a mason jar. Mix the water and sugar on the stove and heart to get syrupy but not caramel, its a good idea to mix the entire time your doing this. Take off the heat and mix in your brandy. Pour over pitted Cherries and stick in the fridge. Wait at least a month and then get drunk on fruit. Alternatively you could just put one in a cocktail (if you're civilized, unlike me)
Cherry Pie Filling (from CanningUSA.com)
5 Cups of pitted cherries (for the love of your sanity, buy a cherry pitter)
Nutmeg - about a 1/4 teaspoon, I just threw it in there
Cinnamon - about 1/4 teaspoon
1/4 Cup Water
3/4 Cup sugar
3 Tablespoons of Clear Gel. (I may have used cornstarch instead but you're really not supposed to)
2 tablespoons Lemon Juice
Work out how much you need of each for the amount of pie filling your making, as I stated earlier, I made three quarts so just timed everything by three.
Clean and pit your cherries, Child labor comes in REAL handy here.
Combine your water, spices sugar, lemon juice and clear gel (or cornstarch if your naughty) in a large heavy pan. Bring to a boil stirring continuously to avoid lumping of the Clear Gel.
Add your cherries, bring up to a simmer for about five minutes, stirring continuously. This should get pretty thick, like canned cherry pie filling but with actual cherries in it!
I used the water bath canning method for this and processed them for 30 minutes. I'm going to make a post about water bath canning very shortly! Until then, do a google search and you can find out lots of instructions.
Excuse the baking sheet, I use it specifically for pouring into my canning jars, if you think its REALLY disgusting feel free to buy me another ;)
Drunk, Boozey, Alcoholic Cherries.
1/4 Cup Water
1/4 Sugar
1 Cup Brandy
Place leftover pitted cherries in a mason jar. Mix the water and sugar on the stove and heart to get syrupy but not caramel, its a good idea to mix the entire time your doing this. Take off the heat and mix in your brandy. Pour over pitted Cherries and stick in the fridge. Wait at least a month and then get drunk on fruit. Alternatively you could just put one in a cocktail (if you're civilized, unlike me)
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