Hot Pepper Jelly - I need a good recipe

[Paula]

By the way, here's the recipe I use for Peach Chutney:

Peach Chutney
Martha Stewart July 07 makes 3 cups

2 tbsp olive oil
? cup finely chopped onion
1 pound mangoes, apricots or peaches, peeled, pitted, and coarsely chopped (about 2 cups)
1/3 cup raisins (I use golden raisins)
? cup granulated sugar
? cup honey
? cup cider vinegar (I used white balsamic vinegar and it was very good)
? tsp black mustard seeds (I used regular mustard seeds)
? tsp cumin seeds
? tsp coarse salt

1. Heat oil in saucepan over medium heat. Add onion, and cook until soft and translucent, about 4 minutesl
2. Add remaining ingredients, and cook until thickened, 20 ? 25 minutes. Let cool. Serve at room temperature. Chutney can be refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 1 week: bring to room temperature before serving.
3. And then I freeze it

 

[CPort]

I'm planning on making pear relish (must have mustard base) in a few weeks. I haven't made this in 20 yrs and can't find my old recipe. Does anyone have a good one?

 

[Gypsea]

Leone: I love you (and Deirdre, too). Thank you. I had my first taste of hot pepper jelly this summer and I'm so hooked. I have done canning before and I even have the Ball Canning Book (didn't even think to look there). I don't can things in the regular way anymore, I just make jams, chutney, etc., and freeze it (we have a full stand up freezer). I will spend much of early September cooking and freezing, and I'll make a lot of your pepper jelly for sure. I just put it over cream cheese on crackers and I love it -- is there anything else you do with pepper jelly?

And I didn't realize you go to Umbria. We go to Tuscany where my father was from. A little town called Barga, near Lucca. Absolutely lovely.

Thanks again for taking the time to write up your pepper jelly recipe for me. I will make it and it will have your name on the jar...

Paula, Cap'n Crazy and I are headed for central Tuscany in October. Any must-sees?

 

[Paula]

Gypsea:

Lucky you. Lucca is one of our favorite places and you can read quite a bit about it on the web. There's even a little shopping/coffee shop area that has been built around an old coliseum. It doesn't really look like a coliseum anymore other than everything is built around a central "circle" but it's interesting to sit in there. Mostly, it's a lot of winding roads with shops and restaurants, but it does have quite a historical feel. You drive through ancient walls and can walk on the grassy area on top of them.

When we're there, we stay in an old medieval town called "Barga", about an hour from Lucca. We stay outside the wall for convenience, but you could get a place inside the wall as well. The town has a nice jazz group that gets together and many nice restaurants/coffee shops. Very nice.

We also like Siena and San Gimignano (the town of 100 towers is what it's called because it used to have so many towers), though I haven't been there in 15 years or more.

Have a great time, lucky you.

 

[seacrestkristi]

Ya'lls' jelly and chutney recipes sound yummy. I've never attempted making jelly. Sounds funn. I Ellis' Pecan Shop on I-75 by Vienna/Pitts exit in GA. Besides nuts, I just got some pepper jelly and some muscadine grape jelly there that was soooo good. I believe they are online too now. Wow they got lotsa good stuff. They had a sample of some dip made of the cream cheese, pepper jelly and pecan pieces that was good too.